Running during 2ww

Re: Running during 2ww

• AmberinDenmark

  March 2011

  Hi friend,

   I can relate, and hopefully make you feel better.  I was a CRAZY runner doing marathon distances a couple of times a year, and was on birth control for 8 years.  I was a normal weight (BMI 21) but after I stopped the pill, never got a period for over a year.  I tried Clomid for one cycle, and then they stopped making it here in Denmark.  The next step for me was to do the shots that stimulate your eggs to grow, and then one that induces ovulation.  I got pregnant on the first round of that!

  I think running has many healthy benefits, so if it makes you feel good during the whole trying to conceive process, I would not stop.  It does not sound like you are doing to much.  

  I am no doctor of course, but that is just my opinion! 

   

   

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• fraglette

  March 2011

  I honestly don't think it's realted.  I had a friend who had difficulty getting pregnant, and she gave up running for a while to see if that helped.  It didn't.  I never quit running (and long distances too) and didn't have difficulty getting pregnant. 

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• Kitty Holland member

  March 2011

  I got pregnant through IVF and my RE recommended that I take it easy during the 2WW - meaning no aerobics, no running, etc. 

   

  Good luck! 

  IVF #1 - DD born 2011 FET #1-3 all BFN IVF#2- BFP! EDD Nov. 3, 2014 1st US - March 28

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• SFAug07 member

  March 2011

  I got pregnant with #1 two weeks after running a full marathon and ran 25 milers in 2ww (training for the next marathon). With #2, I also ran 60 miles per week using Femara. I don't think it is related. My RE didn't say anything about cutting back running although she mentioned gaining a little weight (I am underweight).

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• qteypy

  March 2011

  AmberinDenmark:

  Hi friend,

   I can relate, and hopefully make you feel better.  I was a CRAZY runner doing marathon distances a couple of times a year, and was on birth control for 8 years.  I was a normal weight (BMI 21) but after I stopped the pill, never got a period for over a year.  I tried Clomid for one cycle, and then they stopped making it here in Denmark.  The next step for me was to do the shots that stimulate your eggs to grow, and then one that induces ovulation.  I got pregnant on the first round of that!

  I think running has many healthy benefits, so if it makes you feel good during the whole trying to conceive process, I would not stop.  It does not sound like you are doing to much.  

  I am no doctor of course, but that is just my opinion! 

   

   

   

  Thank you for asking the question amychesnut, I've been wondering the same thing about this. AmberinDenmark your response put my mind at ease a bit. Thanks ladies.

  

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• katykat79

  November 2011

  Hi, qteypy!  I know I am a little late to respond, but I feel compelled to let you know that for some women (me included) running ABSOLUTELY plays a roll in my particular fertility issues.  However, for some women, it plays no roll whatsoever.  I have been TTC for over two years now and I am currently in my 2ww of my 5th IUI.  I ran pretty religiously between 25-30 miles/week.  One of my several infertility issues is low estrogen, which can be part of the female athlete triad (google it ).  My dr suggested on several occasions that I cut back to 20 mpw... After not listening for several cycles, for the past 6 weeks i cut back to 15 at the most.  Obviously, I do not know yet if it worked, but at least my estrogen #s have been the best they have ever been.  I guess my point is that some women can run 70MPW and get pregnant, but for others, rigorous exercise has a definite effect on fertility...  I hope you belong in the former category, because I KNOW how hard it is to cut out running!!!
  

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