Running/jogging group for pregnant women?

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Anonymous wrote:I love that all of you are running while pregnant. I am currently undergoing IVF (donor eggs) and they tell us to stop doing it. There is a medical reason if you are doing IVF with the drugs to stimulate the ovaries but no reason if you are doing IVF with donor egg. It makes me crazy when the tell me to stop running, doing boot camp etc. I'm in way better shape than lots of women getting pregnant the old fashioned way.

I hear you. I did IVF and it was hard for me to stop running (but I don't regret it). My last two cycles were frozen cycles, btw. After having some first trimester issues (subchorionic hemorrhage) I decided to stop exercising completely out of fear. When I had my first OB appointment at 9 weeks my OB urged me to resume my exercise routine. I'm now 26 weeks and doing really great. I run 3 days a week for 30-60 minutes in addition to some ellitpical workouts, prenatal yoga and light weight lifting. I'm happy and healthy, and the baby is absolutely perfect as far as the doctors are concerned.

I've spoken to lots of women like the PPs who had very healthful pregnancies that included running. Heck, last night I was talking to a friend of mine who gave birth 2 months ago. She was a dedicated athlete before getting pregnant, so for her, doing a marathon and a few halfs while pregnant was scaling back. She was running 10 miles - albeit very slowly - in her 40th week of pregnancy. She and baby are doing GREAT - and she looks amazing.

Listen to your body. You'll know when it is time to stop.

Oh, and, OP, where do you live? I'll run with you.

That's awesome. I actually have a few friends who were unable to run during the 1st tri because of miscarriage concerns but were actually able to gradually resume during 2nd tri w/ their doctors' blessings.

My biggest problem with running during pregnancy is that I ended up with an extremely alert baby who would only nap if she was in motion-- and would wake up the second the motion stopped. Not sure if they're related.

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If you're used to running, there's nothing wrong with running as long as you can. My doctor approved it - I was slightly AMA (35/36 during pregnancy) but no other issues for exercise.

the only downside was that as the baby grew, she crowded out my bladder and I had to pee A LOT. In the seventh month, I had to revise my route to go past the bathroom at the Monument 3 times per run, and in the eighth month, I only ran on the treadmill so I could pee every mile. I stopped running early in month 9, picked it up again a month post-partum and had no issues. Good luck to you, OP!