https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:14:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1614268 Mon, 05 May 2014 17:35:05 +0000 thisisme 1614268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You've already had lots of great replies, and my experience was pretty similar. I had asked my doctor if I could do yoga and she said no, I wouldn't want to get a twisted ovary. That scared me enough that I took it really easy! She told me I could walk a mile or less at an easy pace. By the end of the stimming cycle, I felt so bloated that I wasn't comfortable doing much of anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613495 Mon, 05 May 2014 12:49:17 +0000 Sunshine1810 1613495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: Thank you! I probably won't but at this point I didn't really know what to expect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613471 Mon, 05 May 2014 12:41:28 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1613471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, I doubt you'll feel like working out. I think you should be able to do what you feel like you can. Bouncing and twisting are the real issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613447 Mon, 05 May 2014 12:35:16 +0000 Sunshine1810 1613447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jenn23: Thanks :) I always feel guilty when I don't exercise but I am just going to need to get over it for this. Cut myself some slack. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613444 Mon, 05 May 2014 12:34:39 +0000 Sunshine1810 1613444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: Ok, I will definitely take it easy. </p> <p>This input has been so helpful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613441 Mon, 05 May 2014 12:33:57 +0000 Jenn23 1613441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't do anything at all. I was too fearful to do anything. But I believe walking should be fine and basically whatever your body has been accustomed to within reason, minus running or high impact exercise. Really, just take it easy. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613439 Mon, 05 May 2014 12:33:47 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1613439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sunshine1810: yeah and i wouldnt do like "speed walking" just regular walking. They said the issue is that your ovaries are swollen and sensitive and you cant be "bouncing around" at all.</p> <p>I cant stand to not exercise and this news was very annoying to me as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613390 Mon, 05 May 2014 12:16:34 +0000 Sunshine1810 1613390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613389 Mon, 05 May 2014 12:15:51 +0000 Sunshine1810 1613389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leialou: Thanks for sharing your experience! I have never been through IVF so I have no idea how I'll feel, but it completely makes sense that I may not feel up to exercise at all. I am definitely going to take time off during the 10 days after transfer. If this cycle doesn't work, I really don't want to look back and think it was something I did. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613387 Mon, 05 May 2014 12:15:17 +0000 swedishfish 1613387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I walked during my IVF cycle. You're stimulating your ovaries so you're at risk for ovarian torsion if you overdo the exercise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613366 Mon, 05 May 2014 12:06:56 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1613366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was doing my fresh cycle I didn't work out at all. I was scared of hurting one of my ovaries because they were stretching while growing all the eggs. My RE also told me not to. ETA: towards the end of stimming I wouldn't have worked out even if I could. I was very uncomfortable. Just walking and getting up from sitting was enough to make me grab my back and wince.</p> <p>I'm doing a FET cycle right now and will continue to work out until transfer. Then I will take 10 days off until I know the outcome. If I'm pregnant I'll go back to working out, just at a scaled level. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613356 Mon, 05 May 2014 12:02:23 +0000 Sunshine1810 1613356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: Yeah I think that is going to be a really hard part for me too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613349 Mon, 05 May 2014 12:00:25 +0000 raintreebee 1613349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I basically did nothing except walk during stimming, and very little post transfer. The exercise restrictions were one of my least favorite aspects of fertility treatments. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613338 Mon, 05 May 2014 11:58:11 +0000 Sunshine1810 1613338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: Yeah that's what I was afraid of. I wanted to do yoga instead but I knew that might not be a possibility :(</p> <p>I'll stick with the walking... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613323 Mon, 05 May 2014 11:52:47 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1613323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When i went to the injectables meeting for iui, they told us we couldn't do anything but walk. Not even yoga :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exercise-and-ivf#post-1613314 Mon, 05 May 2014 11:50:07 +0000 Sunshine1810 1613314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am set to start injections for our IVF cycle in just under two weeks and wanted to get some feedback about working out while you are going through IVF. </p> <p>The nurse at my RE's office told me no high impact exercise, and I am going to ask more specific questions about that at my next appointment, but I know I shouldn't run, etc. </p> <p>My typical workout consists of 40 minutes of fast walking on the treadmill, and then strength training for 30 minutes (with the machines). I know the weights/machines are probably not the best idea (especially crunches), but what about the speed walking? I am not running, but I am walking very quickly.</p> <p>What did you all do for exercise during your IVF cycle(s)? </p>