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The forum has a new look and the Fairfax Team is so excited to create the best experience for our users.
To Note:
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Looking for advice from fellow runners!
GeminiJai
Senior Member Senior Member
First off, I just have to share my excitement because it's been simmering under the surface since Christmas Day and now it's beginning to bubble over... I'm going to have my first IUI next month!
Yes, yes, yes- I've said this in the past but the difference now is that it's literally NEXT month! Like- I'm one week away from getting my TOM and, once that happens, everything will happen with a quickness... Bing-bang-boom! After the last 3 months of anticipation which has been building, I still can't believe that "D Day" is almost here!
On the flip-side, though, I can't help but admit that I'm a bit anxious about being pregnant- mostly because of the weight gain associated with it. Please don't think I'm being selfish or superficial by saying this- because I've struggled weight issues my entire life and, at my heaviest I was 260lbs at 5'3" tall - but now I'm 150lbs. I'm trying not to think about it too much, as to not cause undue stress, especially because I know that pregnancy weight gain is necessary to keep the baby healthy... And I know that I CAN lose the baby weight because I lost 25lbs from January-September 2011 - but the thought of being overweight AFTER giving birth terrifies me. So, there's no other wait to put it: I don't want to be "The Fat Girl" ever again.
The main reason for this post is because I want to get back into running. I really, really, really do. I sustained an injury in September that forced me not to run for 10 weeks but I'm all healed now and able to run- I've just been too lazy to do it. For a while, the primary reason I didn't immediately get back into running was because I was worried that NOT being active for so long and then GETTING active again would throw off my cycle- but I'm no longer concerned with that. What I *AM* concerned with NOW is how running could affect me getting pregnant (implantation after IUI) and with keeping the baby. I'd just hate to go through all of this, get pregnant, and then have my increased activity cause me to miscarry- solely because my body has gotten so used to being sedentary, again.
I know that if I'd never gotten injured and had continued running with my usual regularity, this wouldn't even be an issue, because doctors say you can continue to keep up the same activity level you're accustomed to. Even so, maybe my fears aren't really valid because I have run a little this month- just not as far or often as I had been considering, until September, I had been running 3.5mi 3-4 times a week and the most I've run at one time this month has been 2mi, here and there.
So, I guess I'm just looking to hear back from any runners who are currently pregnant - or who have been pregnant in the past, to get your opinion and thoughts about what I should do? I don't know if I should scrap running, altogether, in favour of walking (which isn't nearly as enjoyable for me-- but I realize it's not about ME, it's about the baby's health and well-being)... Or if I can continue running with the possibility of increasing my distance/duration/frequency over time as the pregnancy progresses?
THANK YOU, in advance, to anyone who can offer some helpful advice!!
Yes, yes, yes- I've said this in the past but the difference now is that it's literally NEXT month! Like- I'm one week away from getting my TOM and, once that happens, everything will happen with a quickness... Bing-bang-boom! After the last 3 months of anticipation which has been building, I still can't believe that "D Day" is almost here!
On the flip-side, though, I can't help but admit that I'm a bit anxious about being pregnant- mostly because of the weight gain associated with it. Please don't think I'm being selfish or superficial by saying this- because I've struggled weight issues my entire life and, at my heaviest I was 260lbs at 5'3" tall - but now I'm 150lbs. I'm trying not to think about it too much, as to not cause undue stress, especially because I know that pregnancy weight gain is necessary to keep the baby healthy... And I know that I CAN lose the baby weight because I lost 25lbs from January-September 2011 - but the thought of being overweight AFTER giving birth terrifies me. So, there's no other wait to put it: I don't want to be "The Fat Girl" ever again.
The main reason for this post is because I want to get back into running. I really, really, really do. I sustained an injury in September that forced me not to run for 10 weeks but I'm all healed now and able to run- I've just been too lazy to do it. For a while, the primary reason I didn't immediately get back into running was because I was worried that NOT being active for so long and then GETTING active again would throw off my cycle- but I'm no longer concerned with that. What I *AM* concerned with NOW is how running could affect me getting pregnant (implantation after IUI) and with keeping the baby. I'd just hate to go through all of this, get pregnant, and then have my increased activity cause me to miscarry- solely because my body has gotten so used to being sedentary, again.
I know that if I'd never gotten injured and had continued running with my usual regularity, this wouldn't even be an issue, because doctors say you can continue to keep up the same activity level you're accustomed to. Even so, maybe my fears aren't really valid because I have run a little this month- just not as far or often as I had been considering, until September, I had been running 3.5mi 3-4 times a week and the most I've run at one time this month has been 2mi, here and there.
So, I guess I'm just looking to hear back from any runners who are currently pregnant - or who have been pregnant in the past, to get your opinion and thoughts about what I should do? I don't know if I should scrap running, altogether, in favour of walking (which isn't nearly as enjoyable for me-- but I realize it's not about ME, it's about the baby's health and well-being)... Or if I can continue running with the possibility of increasing my distance/duration/frequency over time as the pregnancy progresses?
THANK YOU, in advance, to anyone who can offer some helpful advice!!
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I hope this helps