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When i went to the injectables meeting for iui, they told us we couldn't do anything but walk. Not even yoga

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.

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.

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.

@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.

I cant stand to not exercise and this news was very annoying to me as well.

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.

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.