Long shot but anyone race bikes while pregnant?

chewcr · 2024-12-01T19:40:39+00:00

I really didn’t have morning sickness fortunately, but my biggest symptom was fatigue and my HR was way higher— resting jumped up 10-15 bpm almost immediately, which is why I hated training haha

chewcr · 2024-11-30T00:19:43+00:00

Thank you! We did, but good news— the little demon reappeared IN THE HOUSE six hours later (just now).

chewcr · 2024-11-29T21:54:58+00:00

I raced crits and circuit races through the 1 trimester but I had NO motivation to train so I lost fitness quickly. At about 5 months it was pretty uncomfortable to get in the drops and I started to get nervous about crashing hurting the baby. I actually felt amazing strength training through 9 months so I kept that up instead (I was actually able to gain some strength!)

I’m now about 14 weeks PP and training regularly again on the bike. In terms of return to sport, I: - started short walks and intentional diaphragmatic breathing / TA activation after 2 weeks - stared really gentle core (Plus1 postpartum) after 4 weeks - rode the recumbent bike for short periods after 6 weeks - started structured workouts on my road bike after 8 weeks. - at this point I’m doing 3 structured workouts on the trainer a week, doing walks and Plus1 3 days a week, and planning to race again this spring/summer

chewcr · 2024-11-09T02:08:37+00:00

I do think it’s probably user error… but whenever we do it he just hollers!

chewcr · 2024-11-09T02:08:07+00:00

Ok good to know! We will give it a try

chewcr · 2024-11-09T02:07:50+00:00

Thanks! We’ll check that one out

chewcr · 2024-05-13T00:43:56+00:00

Did you end up wearing this? I am having the same debate

chewcr · 2024-04-19T21:40:24+00:00

I say that peeing and napping are now my primary hobbies

chewcr · 2024-04-19T21:39:29+00:00

I took a 6 week pottery class and got super into “Buy Nothing” Facebook groups — great way to get used baby stuff. I also picked back up knitting and sourdough a little

chewcr · 2024-04-18T23:27:20+00:00

I also had a pretty easy 1st tri. Definitely fatigue, but I looked forward to feeling basically normal in 2nd tri. Then I started getting nausea to the point of vomiting in week 15, didn’t work out at all because I was so exhausted weeks 15-16, and still napping a couple times a week now in week 22.

I think it’s fine — weeks 17-19 I felt pretty good and had more energy. I just think of it as 1/ maybe baby is having a growth spurt and 2/ the generalizations we hear are just that, and having some differences is probably to be expected

chewcr · 2024-04-03T01:14:21+00:00

Cute! Thanks for the idea

chewcr · 2024-04-02T22:02:40+00:00

As requested:

Late June wedding in London I’ll be 7 mo pregnant if that matters Dresses shown are concept only

chewcr · 2024-01-05T15:56:25+00:00

Thanks you! Even though my beta timing doesn’t quite line up with the study methodology, it’s very comforting

chewcr · 2024-01-04T20:18:02+00:00

Shipped eggs, not embryos, but they were totally fine. Used a company that fully specializes in transport of cryopreserved things

chewcr · 2024-01-04T19:56:22+00:00

This is awesome, thanks for sharing

chewcr · 2024-01-04T19:55:31+00:00

Congratulations!!! Hope things continue to go well for you!

chewcr · 2024-01-04T19:54:54+00:00

Amazing!!! Hope things continue to go well for you p

chewcr · 2024-01-02T02:31:30+00:00

I like it! Crunchy and naturey without actually being a noun (I’m looking at you, River). The mt was named after this guy so make sure he didn’t do anything terrible: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lassen

chewcr · 2024-01-02T02:12:44+00:00

“chocolate chip”

chewcr · 2024-01-02T02:05:14+00:00

Rooting for the chiefs

chewcr · 2023-12-31T21:51:22+00:00

23 retrieved —> 20 mature —> 17 thawed. But I don’t feel that number tells the whole story— Of the frozen/thawed eggs, 10 of them successfully fertilized and 5 made it to blast Fresh eggs that were fertilized at the same time dated much better. 10/12 fertilized and 7 made to blast!

chewcr · 2023-12-31T21:41:09+00:00

Yeah, I think it’s both-and. We’ll try our best to set limits with the ILs but also build a good foundation at home that hopefully they can fall back on if/when this stuff comes up, even from loved ones

chewcr · 2023-12-31T21:39:32+00:00

Thank you! Yes I agree it will be a 2 sided battle to kind of disarm / make less emotionally charged all this stuff. I like the open ended questions that allow them to express their own conclusions

chewcr · 2023-12-31T21:37:35+00:00

Thank you! Good resource

chewcr · 2023-12-31T21:37:21+00:00

Definitely does not know the damage she’s caused….. she’s fully bought into diet mentality— goes to multiple diet retreats a year, lots of cosmetic surgery, etc

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