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Question for you trifuel mommies!

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started by MAggie on August 14, 2007

How soon after you had your little one(s) did you start to work out again and feel okay? I'm a little over 6 months and dying to get out for a run or anything hardcore! It's driving me crazy and I'm very happy that I'm pregnant with this little guy, but I want to workout!

To make things worse my husband just bought me a jogging stroller which I wanted soooo bad, but now I'm going to have to sit there and look at it and wait to go running, oh how it's going to taunt me!

To quote my buddy the BlueAssed Biker: "Don't think about it, just do it." - PrinceofClydes

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kylie posted 1 year ago.

No tips or advice, but congrats :)

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m2tall2 posted 1 year ago.

Well, I'm not much help since I haven't personally had this experience. But I have sisters!
I was going to buy a jogging stroller for one sister and she said that they are not safe for the CHILD until they are at least 12 months (or maybe more?). I'm sure there's literature that came with the stroller that could tell you specifics.
I can't tell if you are expecting our just had your child from your message. However, in either case the advice I've heard will say its safe to do any activity you did prior to becoming pregnant but don't add intensity, distance or push yourself too hard. My personal GUESS might be sprint distances OK, ironman distances not so recommended. My sister swam all the way up until her delivery date and used the elliptical machine in place of running up to about 2 weeks before her due date. I think I heard from her, she was allowed to safely incorporate activity again after 6 weeks. But that might have been specific to her delivery conditions (ie, I don't think she was allowed to swim with her stiches until that time.) I would ask your doctor.
In any case of when she was allowed, she has since not gotten back to any real training regime aside from an occassional run, swim, or gym session (she doesn't cycle) since the baby was born 11.5 months ago. Being a new mommy is exhausting especially with a 3/4 time job. And I can vouch from auntie experience, those little 12 lb suckers (my nephew was 11.5lb at birth) quickly grow to be 20 pound suckers that need to be carried/bounced/etc. and before you know it you've strained your shoulder muscles so badly playing "bouncy" with your 22 lb nephew in an afternoon auntie outing you can't lift your arms above a certain point or swim for a week! I can only imagine that 24-7.
But if you have a will, you'll find a way. Do things to burn energy that don't make you feel so icky. And ask your doctor with questions.

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qb ant posted 1 year ago.

Hmmm, let me see if I can remember, it was so long ago ;)

Any activities that you were doing prior to becoming pregnant should be okay, although I'm not sure about biking. I'm sure it would be uncomfortable, and there's too much risk in falling, but swimming and running should be okay - but get the okay from your doctor before you do anything. As for after the little one arrives, 6 weeks has been the rule of thumb, but all three of mine were c-sections, so my recovery was a little different. More importantly, be patient. Your life will be very different and you have to schedule your life around the baby's. Keep realistic goals when you start back to working out and don't try to go back to your old routine. Your body is going through a lot of changes and then there's the sleep deprivation :eek:

Good luck
Ant

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bdavismd posted 1 year ago.

You probably won't need to wait a year to put your kid in the jogger. It is generally considered safe to put children in a jogging stroller when they are able to hold up their head, which could be as early as 3 months. Good luck!

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m2tall2 posted 1 year ago.

bdavismd;76173 wrote:
You probably won't need to wait a year to put your kid in the jogger. It is generally considered safe to put children in a jogging stroller when they are able to hold up their head, which could be as early as 3 months. Good luck!

I kind of thought my sister was being paranoid but I wasn't sure. She was saying something more than to do with being able to hold the head up; like, their ability to react to the jarring movements and hold their whole bodies up very steadily. Although, it would seem like to me that would have been around 6-9 months, not a whole year. I was running/racing him down empty grocery store aisles in the carriage with the buckle while sat up steadily on his own at around 6-7 months and he LOVED it. Just use your own mommy intuition and read the stroller info.

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m2tall2 posted 1 year ago.

O.K., so I went and found out my own information. (I don't know why I am so obsessed with this, I'm just trying to be helpful.)

The American Pediatric Society does not recommend using a jogging stroller until the child can sit up on their own completely unassisted (no topple-over checks). This is an issue even when reclining. This is usually right around 6-7months.
However, what my sister was reading pertains to literature she found with the stroller manufacturers. This says not to jog "off-road" or use in rough or gravelly terrain until the child is at least one year. I know the roads near her house have the very gravelly type of pavement: great for winter traction but it is not a smooth ride like most other pavement types. There are no sidewalks near her house so she has to use the edge of the roads coupled with the gravel and debris that collects there.

But certainly you can still go excercise without your little one!

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stewarba posted 1 year ago.

qb ant;76171 wrote:
Hmmm, let me see if I can remember, it was so long ago ;)

... and then there's the sleep deprivation :eek:

Good luck
Ant

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MAggie posted 1 year ago.

Thank you all for your feedback! I'm not due until Nov 9th so I have a little while longer to go. But I do plan on taking my little guy on walks, not jogging with him until he's ready.

I tried to keep doing my spin classes early on but they were uncomfortable and I can't even imagine doing them now. I also can't run because my heart rate gets too high. It normally stays in the mid 170-180's and that was before I got pregnant. In the first couple of months after I found out we were expecting it would shoot up to 185 easy and would't go down unless I walked and dr said that it wasn't safe to keep it that high.

I'm hoping, depending on how this little guy comes out, to start running again about 6 weeks after we have him and I would like to do a couple of sprints in May/June timeframe. Running is top on my list, right after a medium steak and a margarita/beer though!

Thank you all for your advice though, I appreciate it!

To quote my buddy the BlueAssed Biker: "Don't think about it, just do it." - PrinceofClydes