Hello Ladies - I have not posted in a long while but I have been lurking throughout my pregnancy - I just gave birth to a baby boy 10 days ago - he is so amazing - I cannot believe he is here.
My question is, for those of you who are moms, how long did you wait after giving birth before starting to train & race again. The docs keep giving me the standard 6 week answer, and I have heard the stories of women starting back too soon and hemorrhaging, but I feel good and am itching to go for a run. A little background: this is my first child, I am 35, I usually do a couple of 1/2 irons a year. I ran up to 32 weeks of this pregnancy and did some sort of workout every day until delivery. I did a sprint at 4.5 months (with an indoor swim - so no chance of getting kicked in the belly). So what do you think? Wait till 6 weeks or start sooner? and then what? How did you get back into it?
Thanks - C
My question is, for those of you who are moms, how long did you wait after giving birth before starting to train & race again. The docs keep giving me the standard 6 week answer, and I have heard the stories of women starting back too soon and hemorrhaging, but I feel good and am itching to go for a run. A little background: this is my first child, I am 35, I usually do a couple of 1/2 irons a year. I ran up to 32 weeks of this pregnancy and did some sort of workout every day until delivery. I did a sprint at 4.5 months (with an indoor swim - so no chance of getting kicked in the belly). So what do you think? Wait till 6 weeks or start sooner? and then what? How did you get back into it?
Thanks - C