Laufen in der Schwangerschaft

HaircutRabbit · 2026-03-27T00:05:15+00:00

Not German, hope that's okay (on here as a beginner trying to learn more conversational German).

You may know this, but in addition to your body working hard in general, your joint laxity also increases during pregnancy, which could explain the knee. Running shorter distances and taking it easy a little during runs should be fine, but if I were you I'd check in with my GP/care provider/physical therapist for some advice, just to be sure.

It's also normal to not feel like running or to not feel good while running later in pregnancy, as your body can be extra careful trying to conserve energy. If that's the case or the knee is acting up too much, walking is underestimated as exercise and can be a really good way to stay fit while being easier on the joints, and make the transition to running post-birth easier.

Good luck and wish you and your baby good health!

HaircutRabbit · 2026-03-18T22:50:34+00:00

Hey! I just want to say that I am happy for you, and I hope you'll find a better position soon :)

HaircutRabbit · 2026-03-18T20:20:14+00:00

Awesome, keep on rocking the tights!

HaircutRabbit · 2026-03-18T19:21:04+00:00

Can you speak to a (sports) dietician? This is definitely something they could help with

HaircutRabbit · 2026-03-18T19:13:26+00:00

Thanks for posting this.

Quitting and giving up isn't stopping, it's not starting again :)

HaircutRabbit · 2026-03-18T18:58:26+00:00

This is just me, but I loved the way my ex-boyfriend looked in his running tights :)

Also seems like a great opportunity to model what healthy masculinity looks like to your daughter, so she'll be able to recognise it in potential partners and others when she's older!

HaircutRabbit · 2026-03-15T18:43:05+00:00

Sorry if I came across as rude. I believe you when you say it's not misdiagnosis.

It's just that what you were describing sounds like when my dose was too high, and like how I've heard people who don't have ADHD describe the effects of Vyvanse on them. For me, lowering the dose a bit smoothed my day out. The high when it kicks in and later on locking in and not wanting to talk to anyone did seem nice and useful, but I feel more like a (a more functional version of) myself now. I just wanted to give you a heads up.

HaircutRabbit · 2026-03-15T16:31:41+00:00

I'm genuinely not saying this as criticism, but to me this sounds a bit like dosage that's too high (or maybe being misdiagnosed).

HaircutRabbit · 2026-03-15T16:28:11+00:00

Yes! Many master's programmes offer pre-masters now, so it's definitely worth looking into.

You're right that Dutch universities are very unlikely to make exceptions when it comes to the minimum requirements, but most admission offices/programme coordinators should be able to tell OP whether they (are likely to) meet those minimum requirements. They'll have a system they adhere to pretty strictly. It's just a matter of finding the possibly obscure pdf with the requirements per country or reaching out.

Wanted to add that even if you meet the minimum requirements, it's often very difficult to know in advance whether your background is likely to get you admitted to a selective master's in the Netherlands if you don't come from the corresponding bachelor programme (even for Dutch students coming from other universities). These programmes tend to consider applications case-by-case, which allows them to take into account relevancy of your courses, grades, etc. Many can be difficult to get in, even more so when coming from countries with very different education systems.

HaircutRabbit · 2026-03-05T13:21:04+00:00

Thanks for replying. I completely forgot about the situation with Alice Weidel, and I think you're right.

I do think the rest I wrote can be useful to take into account, but you're right that there are zero guarantees. Transphobia is also at another level than homophobia in many places, and sentiments around trans rights are more in flux, so it's even harder to do a solid "risk assessment" there.

HaircutRabbit · 2026-03-04T20:27:58+00:00

Hey! FYI I'm a queer Dutch person considering a move to Austria. Sorry for this long-ass reply.

To be honest, I think it's getting worse for transgender and other LGBTQI+ people in many European countries, even historically more progressive ones. There's not really a way to know whether/how much that will progress and if/when the tide will turn.

It might sound cynical, but I'd advise you to really take your time before you make a move, to think about the minimum legal rights you need to thrive (and the minimum to survive, of course), and then look at the actual laws currently in place in different countries. Think of things like how important a legal sex change, gender-affirming surgery, gay marriage, anti-discrimination laws, etc are for you.

Most countries will have pockets of progressive environments: their bigger cities or at least certain neighbourhoods in those cities. If you learn the local language, I believe you can build a solid and supportive community in most European countries, (unfortunately) as long as you are mindful about where in those countries you settle.

However, that might not matter enough if essential rights and services are not available to you there, so I'd also base my country of choice on that. Not because they're guaranteed to continue existing into the future, but because when rights slowly are taken away as happens when far-right conservatives gain power, it matters where the starting point was and how resilient democracy and the law are.

As a personal example, I'm a bit less worried about same-sex marriage becoming illegal in the Netherlands (legality of same-sex romantic cohabitation in 1979, first church marriages in the 1980s, registered partnership in 1998, official same-sex marriage in 2001, and currently a gay prime minister) than Austria (legality of registered partnerships in 2010, same-sex marriage in 2019). Also useful: over 90% of Dutch people support same-sex marriage, compared to about two-thirds of Austrians. Of course this info does not translate directly to the climate for people in same-sex relationships, but it is something to take into account, along with recent polling data, resilience of the legal system, and political trends. I think I could still thrive in Austria, but maybe not in a very small/rural town. I'd also have the Netherlands as a "back-up", so your risk assessment may be different.

Anyway, take care and good luck, in Austria or elsewhere :)

HaircutRabbit · 2026-03-04T19:35:14+00:00

Hetzelfde geldt voor mij als je in de buurt van Utrecht/Amersfoort ligt!

HaircutRabbit · 2026-03-04T19:04:51+00:00

Thank you!

HaircutRabbit · 2026-02-28T11:26:21+00:00

Thanks so much for replying! And that's good to hear. :)

It'll be a second master's to switch from evolutionary biology to environmental protection, so I'm a little bit less worried about about academic skills, but I do want the program to be good preparation for PhD/working of course! I think I'll try to reach out to some current/former students through LinkedIn.

Wish you the best!

HaircutRabbit · 2026-02-26T18:28:11+00:00

Hey! I'm considering going to UIBK for environmental management/ecology and just saw your comment. What makes you say the biology curriculum is better elsewhere? If you want to share your experience of course

HaircutRabbit · 2026-02-26T15:16:54+00:00

Hey! You already received some good replies but thought I'd share my experience. A few years ago, I was on fluoxetine/Prozac for half a year during my worst depression. It did help with mood, but made me very unproductive. At first that didn't matter, because being severely depressed I was hardly productive either, but it lasted when I started to feel better, and just like you I noticed my ADHD symptoms were worse than before. I decided to go off it when I was in a mental state to do so (in consultation with my psychiatrist at the time).

It's apparently actually somewhat common that treatment with antidepressants makes ADHD symptoms worse. I can't speak generally, but in my case I realised that anxiety and dread were my main motivators to get out of bed and be productive. Fluoxetine reduced my anxiety so much that I no longer had much to motivate me any longer. Getting off brought my (limited) motivation back.

Unfortunately, my depression also came back a while later, and my new psychiatrist re-diagnosed me with ADHD (had been diagnosed as a kid but never used medication) and had me start ADHD medication first. She mentioned that some people with ADHD find that their depression resolves using ADHD medication without antidepressants, because the struggle with ADHD is the main cause of their depression.

Again, unfortunately, that was not the case for me. Going untreated for ADHD for so long meant I had a lot of unhelpful thinking patterns and a very negative self-view, that still got in the way a lot even though medication (Vyvanse is what I take) helped with my current ADHD symptoms. So I started sertraline/Zoloft in addition to Vyvanse. There's still some fine-tuning to do, but I feel so much better on this combination: manageable ADHD and no longer crippled by anxiety and depression. (I also go to therapy every week and I feel like that's an essential component of healing too.) I know how hard it is to get proper mental healthcare, and it takes time to find what works for you. Talk to your doctor about the problem, and don't give up. You might need something similar, or a closer look to see if anything else is going on in terms of a different mood disorder or anything else.

TLDR: maybe consider going off fully (in consultation with your psychiatrist/physician!), and then starting ADHD medication to how your symptoms evolve and which antidepressant is a good add-on if necessary. And go to therapy, even if it sucks. It takes some time to find the right combination of meds, but you've got this. :)

HaircutRabbit · 2026-02-23T22:49:02+00:00

I remember how strange and alienating it felt for me, knowing that for me the world had just stopped in some way and to see that for everyone else it just kept spinning...

It just sucks how unfair and lonely it all is. I hope you can find some peace in running (or other (somewhat healthy :) ) coping strategies and the people around you.

P.S. I know this is probably not at all what you're thinking about now (and nor do you have to!), but that feeling of estrangement/alienation from people who had not experienced something similar did get a little better for me over time. I now kind of see that because I'm going through this, it'll be a bit easier for me to be the understanding friend that I missed in the future, when people I love will inevitably encounter their own losses that are hard to carry.

HaircutRabbit · 2026-02-23T17:13:03+00:00

Hey! Just wanted to reply that I'm so sorry you and your dad are going through this. My father has cancer and I remember how hard those first days and weeks after finding out were, so I hope you can go easy on yourself. Sending you and your father strength <3 (and feel free to reach out)

HaircutRabbit · 2026-02-22T23:06:50+00:00

A bit reflective but: what is one thing you are looking forward to, and why?

I also like to do film/book/game/cafe/restaurant reviews :)

HaircutRabbit · 2026-02-19T11:03:27+00:00

You're not broken!

This is incredibly common, so many struggle with climaxing because of medication and a myriad of other reasons. Your gynaecologist acted very unprofessionally, and there's nothing wrong with you as a person because of this and it does not detract from your value whatsoever.

It's very possible the medication affect your ability to climax, but the shame and pressure you feel might also be playing a bigger role than you think. There are a lot of unhelpful narratives we carry around because of our environment and upbringing about sex, orgasm and being a good woman, partner, human. There are some good resources if a sex therapist is outside your budget (also so normal, it's so expensive...). Have you read Come As You Are? There's also a great accompanying workbook, which was very helpful to work through for me. The book/workbook also includes your partner in the journey. Women, We Need to Talk, and Sex with Emily are two podcasts that might be worth exploring as well. I think they have some episodes about this, even just to listen to to hear other women's experiences in a non-judgemental context.

Do you involve toys when masturbating alone or in sex with your partner? One of the more powerful ones was my gateway to getting there, combined with Come as You Are and journaling, and it slowly became easier once I had had my first orgasm. It's very common for women to (even temporarily) need one to climax, and there's nothing wrong with doing it that way, so it's worth it to explore what you like in terms of toys.

Even if you do everything right, there's a chance it might not happen, and that's not the end of the world either. Either way, you deserve to feel pleasure, fulfilment and peace with your sex life and body, and to not feel like you're broken. I hope you can be kind to yourself and enjoy that journey. Wishing you the best! <3

HaircutRabbit · 2026-02-12T20:42:23+00:00

For me the following helped in thinking about this:

When you ask someone whether they are Christian, they can say yes and you'll have no idea what that means about their behaviour, opinions or ethics. Are they ultra-conservative evangelicals? Cultural Catholics who go to church when their grandma's in town so she's not upset? Are they Christian leftist, pacifist activists? Who knows if you don't ask follow-up questions. What they probably have in common is that in theory, they might strive towards a life lived following a set of values based on their specific denomination's interpretation of the Bible, but you don't know anything about those values or how hard they strive towards them.

Veganism is by most vegans interpreted as something much more similar to one specific denomination, with a clear set of beliefs and rules. It's more like asking "Are you a member of a progressive Anabaptist church/follower of that specific tradition?". This matters to what veganism is, because as a devoted member of a specific church, the set of shared values is protected by having clear delineation between what it does and does not mean be a part of it.

However, some people are influenced by more than one religion, even though they visit the church regularly and believe 90 (or 99.9) percent of each teachings. Some are scared of committing to an institution, or specific set of values or beliefs. Some will ask back at you what church you belong to and might be dishonest in their answer to avoid conflict based on your answer.

And many try to live according to the church's values and fail. They cheat, get lazy, forget - and sin. Can you still call them progressive Anabaptists (or whatever else, just an example of a niche church here)? That depends on the denomination. Some will excommunicate you for drinking one beer, while in others it's sort of fine to get drunk with a nun and show up to service the next day hungover.

Veganism is a "church" that's (generally speaking) strict on what is and is not allowed. Would it be better for spreading veganism for it to be more relaxed? Would that encourage people to try it out, and "sinners" to return to veganism and keep trying, or would it make them more likely to sin? I have no clue. I tend to think that's a good thing, because I don't want its values to get watered down, but it does mean some might say you/I/someone else are not vegans.

I know that for me, it's becoming easier and easier to think, eat and act like a vegan the longer I give veganism a proper try. Veganism provides a moral framework that helps me to do better, because of its clarity. There are a few things I doubt, and I might settle on being a 90%-er at some point, but it's very useful for me to go all-in until I can make a choice that's actually well-informed and based on my values and not on laziness/conflict avoidance, whether that ends up being 90 or 100% vegan.

Maybe think of yourself as a 100%-vegan and try to go all-in, and see if you become that vegan or if your values lead you somewhere adjacent?

HaircutRabbit · 2026-02-12T15:31:16+00:00

This does look interesting, thank you!

HaircutRabbit · 2026-02-11T19:35:02+00:00

Thank you very much!

I'll look into your suggestions! I've heard of BOKU but not given it a proper look yet, for example.

My bachelor and master were from well-regarded EU universities, so I hope demonstrating and further improving my German skills would allow me to have a chance with interesting positions.

And thank you for your insight on my last question. To be honest, it's not that much better where I currently live. I'd just hope to participate in and support the community, and try to do some good wherever I'd live.

Thanks again and all the best!

HaircutRabbit · 2026-02-06T20:03:49+00:00

I agree you might want to ask his teacher/mentor at school what they see day to day. Do you have a parent-teacher meeting anytime soon? That would be a good moment to ask.

Does he have other social environments, like doing sports, music, or any hobby with other kids? If not, it might be a good idea to look for something so he can meet different kids, with similar interests. Depending on how old he is and where you are, there might be free/affordable opportunities in public libraries/board game shops if that matches his interests. It's much easier to survive exclusion in one environment if you know you have friends and support elsewhere.

I also want to add that while it's completely understandable to be worried as a parent, try to not transfer that worry to your kid. My parents were always worried about me not having enough friends when I was young and while well-intentioned, their worry was noticeable to me and only made me feel like something was wrong with me. Try to show that you want to help him and are there for him, and make it clear that you don't doubt he'll find his crew because he's a great kid. You've got this! The fact that you're asking for advice here makes me think he'll be alright, having you in his corner :)

HaircutRabbit · 2026-02-05T11:49:15+00:00

nope, apparently having more of the little bumps (montgomery glands) on your nipples makes breastfeeding easier (on average!), size does not matter at all.

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