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BF and training for half marathon

beany02beany02 member
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I am training for my second half marathon and a little worried that it will affect my supply. Has anyone had experience with this? DD is 10 months. I am just starting to do the longer runs (did 8 miles over the weekend) and I keep picturing my milk supply evaporating as i sweat buckets! As long as i eat enough and stay well hydrated i should be fine right?
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Re: BF and training for half marathon

  • carlab44carlab44 member
    Well every person is different, but I ran a half marathon when DS (child #2) was 5 months old. Training didn't seem to affect my supply at all.
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  • mrs.mastromrs.mastro member
    I didn't run a half-marathon while BFing, but I was probably at 30mpw when he was 10 months old.  I never had any supply issues.  I made sure to stay hydrated and probably ate more when he was 3-12 months old than I ever have in my life!
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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member

    I think by 10 months you're probably fine on your supply anyway (as long as you stay hydrated and take in enough calories, but you already covered that).

    I ran a half at 3 months and didn't have any supply issues.  But after those longer run

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  • NerdyMama2NerdyMama2 member
    imageblu-eyedwife:

    I think by 10 months you're probably fine on your supply anyway (as long as you stay hydrated and take in enough

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  • FlamingemuFlamingemu member
    I only had supply issues when I didn't hydrate or eat enough. Otherwise, everything was fine.

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  • HilarighHilarigh
    You've gotten some good info here. I just want to reiterate staying hydrated and keep your calories up. I wasn't in training but was running a ton when my twins were about 9/10 months. My supply would dip when I tried cutting calories. I nursed them to 12
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  • demmie326demmie326 member

    I never had any problems but to be safe I always pumped before and after my long runs. My DH jokes but after crossing the finish line I grab a bagel, a banana, and some gatorade and retreat to the car to pump since my LOs never wanted anything to do wi

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