https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:51:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/running-after-pregnancy#post-640376 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:11:24 +0000 Pepper 640376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are really good points. I appreciate the perspectives! I'm thinking I may sign up for the 5k instead (I could walk it if need be), and see how I feel after LO is here. It's a $20 race, so I won't be out a lot if I can't do it due to exhaustion, pain, or breastfeeding/timing issues. Sounds like the 10k could be a bit too ambitious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/running-after-pregnancy#post-640189 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:23:32 +0000 sarac 640189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't, personally. You're not likely to be rested enough, first. You'll likely have lost much of your endurance, and that's way too soon to have it back. I think that the extent to which pregnancy and the newborn stage knocks you out can be really hard to imagine before you've done it - but it is huge. My baby actually STTN at 7 weeks, and I know that at 3 months I still wouldn't have been anywhere near my old self. </p> <p>Also, consider the time factor. My baby was born almost two weeks late, and she spent a week in the hospital after that. So almost a month after her due date, she'd barely been home a week. I was certainly not trying to exercise in those first few weeks. </p> <p>If the registration isn't much, or if you can transfer it if need be, I'd say go for it. But I'd have hated to be financially committed to something big at that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/running-after-pregnancy#post-640167 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:18:05 +0000 pl0508 640167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I jut started running again at 7 weeks pp and am planning on doing a 5k in may. So I'm starting back pretty slow. I've leaked pee every time I've ran so far :(</p> <p>I think it's something you will have to determine after the fact. You never know how your recovery will go! Hopefully it's very easy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/running-after-pregnancy#post-640037 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:52:32 +0000 Thenetexan 640037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also think about whether or not you will be breastfeeding. For example, if you used to get up early and run and want to do that before LO wakes, you will need to pump first. Do you have someone that will be able to watch your LO when you go run? My husband worked long hours and I would often want to go to bed not long after he got home. Many people go to sleep really early, knowing they will be up a few times in the middle of the night? I ran a fair amount prior to getting pregnant and continued doing about 12 miles a week until week 20 when it was just too hot here. I had a c section, so I believe I wasn't cleared for exercise until 8 weeks PP. I could not have run a 10k 3 months PP. That said, everyone is different and I think it would be good to have a goal to work toward! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/running-after-pregnancy#post-639915 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:23:31 +0000 Pepper 639915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: @Freckles: Thanks for sharing! I didn't even consider that I may not be allowed to run until much later. I also didn't realize how long postpartum pain can linger for. Good to know so I'm not surprised this summer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/running-after-pregnancy#post-639697 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:37:00 +0000 Freckles 639697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: Ahh, i was the same. </p> <p>I was an avid runner (half marathons and 1 marathon) before i got pregnant, and continued to run but at a lower weekly mileage (15-20k per week) while i was pregnant. Unfortunately i stopped at 8 weeks because it got waaay too hot in my city and i was having major pelvic pain.</p> <p>I had an episiotomy and major pelvic floor prolapse. Walking for more than an hour had me leak pee! I had to go through physio and didn't get the okay to start running until 3 months after having the baby. I ran my first 5k 5 months post-partum, but i did it under 30 minutes. :) </p> <p>I don't think i'll be at the speed i was before i got pregnant, but i'm hoping to at least run a half marathon before i have my next baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/running-after-pregnancy#post-639610 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:15:28 +0000 Lindsay05 639610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a frequent runner pre-pregnancy and probably at my best when we conceived. I did not run during my pregnancy, I was just way too lazy! I am now 9 months post partum and I can run probably 5k. For the longest time my groin and adductors were SO sore and weak. I also had lots of hip pain which hurt the more I walked. I try to stretch a lot and gradually getting back into the swing of things but it's been a slow painful process. I hope you are able to recover really quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/running-after-pregnancy#post-639547 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:03:33 +0000 Pepper 639547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: Thanks for the encouragement! I'm definitely going to treat it as a fun race. </p> <p>@Maysprout: @KayKay: This is what I'm interested in - the pain! I guess it varies from person to person, but I don't want to injure myself. Sounds like if I take it realllly easy, I should be good. Thanks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/running-after-pregnancy#post-639328 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:17:41 +0000 KayKay 639328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I consider myself to be a pretty decent athlete, and in the 4 months before I conceived LO I ran a marathon and did a week-long bike tour (~500mi). I had some bleeding early in my pregnancy, so took a couple weeks off, tried to keep running sporadically for awhile, but ended up just doing a lot of elliptical up until I delivered at 41 weeks. I figured I'd quickly get back into running post partum....</p> <p>...but then I had the baby. And I was sore. And I was tired and stressed. I did a lot of walking, but I didn't actually run again until 6 weeks after. Despite having been in such good shape and not having gained much weight/lost it all quickly, it just felt terrible to run. It's amazing how much core strength you lose and how much you use that when running!!</p> <p>Everyone's experience is different, and it's definitely not impossible to do a 10k a couple months after the baby. But I'd keep your expectations low and know that there may be some (maybe a lot!) of walking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/running-after-pregnancy#post-639205 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:48:44 +0000 Maysprout 639205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ran through most of my pregnancy but 3rd trimester was closer to walking with a few jogs thrown in there. I started jogging again about 3 weeks after LO was born and I felt like I was running at 8 months pregnant. It felt like pregnancy in reverse but quicker. I wouldn't expect that you'd be back in tip top running form in September but as long as everything goes well you'll probably be able to do the race no problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/running-after-pregnancy#post-639176 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:40:19 +0000 Boheme 639176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am a runner with a baby due in June and I've been pondering the same! I think you could go ahead and enter and think of it as a fun race. If you do really well and post up a good time, then great, and if you don't? That's fine too! If its your favorite race I'd say its worth it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/running-after-pregnancy#post-639160 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:36:57 +0000 Pepper 639160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, before I got pregnant, I was somewhat of a frequent runner. I had only been running for less than a year, but I had participated in several 5ks and a 10k, and I probably ran about 3-4 times a week. </p> <p>I've been on pelvic rest this entire pregnancy, so I haven't run since October. My favorite race is being held at the end of September, and it's a 10k. Registration goes very quickly, so I need to decide soon. I really want to do it! LO is due at the very beginning of July. </p> <p>Am I being too ambitious? Any moms out there have any input on running/exercising post baby, and how long it took to get back into the swing of things? I'm fine with walking at times if need be, but I don't want to get in over my head, either! </p>