IVF ladies: ? about exercise

Re: IVF ladies: ? about exercise

• KaliChick member

  August 2011

  Mine specifically said no bike riding ... no "jostling" or anything that might cause "trauma to the baby."  Whatever that means.  But I know last week he specifically said no bike riding (along with no karate and cage fighting ... we were just joking around).
  

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• Kristendianne

  August 2011

  My RE won't let me do anything but walk until I'm released from him around 8 weeks. I'm not even allowed to sweat. As an avid exerciser, it's driving me nuts! It doesn't even make sense to me! But I'm too afraid not to follow the rules.

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• BodaciousMommyToBe member

  August 2011

  My docs told me walking and swimming are fine, but no other exercising and also to avoid riding in the car much because it has too much vibrations from the road.  They were very specific, they said I could take a train or a plane to get out of town a bit but absolutely no long car trips.  I thought it was weird at first, but every time I'm in the car, I actually notice all of the extra vibrations, potholes, etc. 

  I know they also give the same restrictions to other patients, so I don't know if that's the norm here in France or if they take the same precaution in other European countries.  I don't even know how that would work in the USA, we can't get anywhere without a car in most places...
  

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• LnA5909 member

  August 2011

  Thanks!  Not what I wanted to hear, but I will suck it up for a few more weeks.  Can't have it all
  

  

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• babylove0511 member

  August 2011

  i was not allowed to exercise until 13 weeks. been doing regularly since.! good luck!

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• cbubbles2

  August 2011

  I was on strict rest until 11-12 weeks and after that my RE still said to stick to light exercise like walking, swimming, etc. I probably wouldn't risk it with a bike ride, but that's just me!

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• gripgirl member

  August 2011

  I'm probably going to be a little different than you because I developed OHSS.. but until I had my first ultrasound my RE did not want me doing any exercising... the only thing allowed was walking. So I would not risk problems going on a bike ride.

   My exercise ban wasn't lifted until I was 15 weeks... took that long for my ovaries to get smaller. 
  

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• OCW2010

  August 2011

  My RE is very conservative and said no exercise for the first trimester, including sex.  I asked about walking and he'd say walking is fine, but not if you're trying to make it a "workout".  Um, ok.

  I stayed on the safe side and have no regrets.  

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