Wife is pregnant
She wants to continue to train, how have you or your wife modified the training plan?
Obviously no races are on the calendar now, but she wants to stay in really good shape.
Any info appreciated!
First, Congrats!
This is very individual based on the woman and her doctor. I hear the HR below 140 thrown around a lot. Not sure where that comes from. My wife ran until 26 weeks at which point she had a major health issue. Its a long story, but that was enough of a warning shot so to speak. For the others she did light exercise, but not what we would call “training”.
I see women running marathons late into pregnancy, and to me that’s just taking a little more unneeded risk than I would be comfortable with. Just my opinion.
Best of luck to you both. It’s very exciting.
The sooner you give up on life as you knew it, the sooner you can move on…
(only sort of kidding)
Background → I race bikes as a hobby (pretty competitive cat 3), wife doesn’t train for anything in particular. We just had a baby girl 5 months ago.
Advice → For you, take it day by day with the training. Your priorities should shift both in the short term and long term. Your fitness will take a hit in the short run as you adjust to the new equilibrium. For her, talk to a medical professional and see how everything feels. Listen to her body and don’t add anything new.
Congrads! It’s a ton of fun so far, just don’t take the training too seriously and don’t get upset when whatever plan you and your significant other come up with now gets blown up by reality.
First, Congrats!
This is very individual based on the woman and her doctor. I hear the HR below 140 thrown around a lot. Not sure where that comes from. My wife ran until 26 weeks at which point she had a major health issue. Its a long story, but that was enough of a warning shot so to speak. For the others she did light exercise, but not what we would call “training”.
I see women running marathons late into pregnancy, and to me that’s just taking a little more unneeded risk than I would be comfortable with. Just my opinion.
Best of luck to you both. It’s very exciting.
We had three different doctors throw around 3 totally different max HR. I think they are just pulling things out of their ass. Yeah, controlling HR probably would help. But just like every persons max HR is different, the tolerance for a certain HR must be different for each pregnancy.
Wife is pregnant
She wants to continue to train, how have you or your wife modified the training plan?
Obviously no races are on the calendar now, but she wants to stay in really good shape.
Any info appreciated!
This is getting a bit long in the tooth, but:
https://www.amazon.com/Exercising-Through-Pregnancy-James-Clapp/dp/087322941X
EDIT: Sorry, I see that there is an updated 2nd edition (which is a bit of an oxymoron, but…):
Oh my training has already taken a hit as she has nausea almost every night so I since taken over all the house/dinner duties. So four double workouts days are now all single workout in the early morning.
As for her, she also only workout in the mornings now, so the big question is how hard can you swim/bike/run…its hard for her to tell as she is quite good as digging deep and suffering.
Thanks all!
Every pregnancy is different, every doctor is different. When I was pregnant, I saw a team of doctors – the younger ones seemed to be the most cautious. When I finally got in to see the most experienced OB, she told me to do what I wanted (other than go outside to ride – risk of falling due to weird balancing issues was real) and to eat what I wanted, within reason. She felt like I’d intuitively know where my limits were. And I did. I stopped running when I couldn’t go more than a mile without needing to pee! Swam a ton. (Disclaimer – my pregnancy was 100% normal, no health issues, baby healthy, and all that. Other than getting heartburn from eating bread. That was weird. Did keep my weight down, though!)
Congrats! Life as you know it will change.
Fitness is important, even for those with impending, nutrient sucking parasites.
Background → I race bikes as a hobby (pretty competitive cat 3), wife doesn’t train for anything in particular. We just had a baby girl 5 months ago.
Advice → For you, take it day by day with the training. Your priorities should shift both in the short term and long term. Your fitness will take a hit in the short run as you adjust to the new equilibrium. For her, talk to a medical professional and see how everything feels. Listen to her body and don’t add anything new.
Congrads! It’s a ton of fun so far, just don’t take the training too seriously and don’t get upset when whatever plan you and your significant other come up with now gets blown up by reality.
i road race, too. My wife is due in a couple of months. Wondering how much training I’ll be able to squeeze in. If i can get a few hours each week in the commute, i can probably make due. And maybe some midnight zwift sessions with the baby when he wakes up! Ha. Should be fun.
Not sure what her dr advises but mine said I was ok doing anything I had already been doing…I ran up until the day I delivered my youngest(kids are 10 and 16 now)…but I kept it all very easy.No desire or need to race!I also swam a little.I was not cycling then but I have friends who cycled during pregnancy-although some doctors will advise against in case of a fall.Good idea to keep hydrated and have snacks handy as well.
Anyway,congratulations.Training definitely keeps the nausea at bay and makes it way easier to “bounce back” after!
Now what? Get a tri kit that’s a little bigger and book a fitting in 4 months. Otherwise? Nothing.
Congrats.
My wife’s OB told her to keep doing what she was doing so long as she felt OK. For my wife that meant doing everything through the first trimester.
Second trimester running got uncomfortable about half way through so she stopped that. Being on the tri bike also was uncomfortable so she rode her road bike exclusively (aero position becomes impossible, so depending on what kind of bike she has it could be an issue).
Last 2 months of third trimester the bike was uncomfortable so she would go on really long walks with the dog to stay active. She’d do 2x45 min walks up to the day her water broke.
I think so much depends on the person and the pregnancy.
I have a 3 year old and a one year old. They’re 22 months apart
First baby first 10-12 months was quite disruptive. I was not training at the time but alternating feeds and not getting full nights sleep eventually caught up with us
That said. Till she walked nothing in our life changed in terms of travel, going out for dinner etc
In fact she flew at 2 weeks and then basically monthly since
I was training when the second arrived. I did IM france in July she arrived in September
She spent 10 days in the NICU which was largely a waste of time after day 4 but that’s another story.
The day she came home is the day training stopped. I did not ride my bike once or swim once in the next 3-4 months.
I have a 10 min commute and finish work at 3 and I just couldn’t do it.
I ran. Though no more than 20 mins three times a week.
Now she’said one and it’s all settled down things are improving but do not underestimate how exhausting they can be
I’ve never been as sick as I have with two kids
Don’t worry, everything gets much easier…
once they go away to college!!
I have a 3 year old and a one year old. They’re 22 months apart
First baby first 10-12 months was quite disruptive. I was not training at the time but alternating feeds and not getting full nights sleep eventually caught up with us
That said. Till she walked nothing in our life changed in terms of travel, going out for dinner etc
In fact she flew at 2 weeks and then basically monthly since
I was training when the second arrived. I did IM france in July she arrived in September
She spent 10 days in the NICU which was largely a waste of time after day 4 but that’s another story.
The day she came home is the day training stopped. I did not ride my bike once or swim once in the next 3-4 months.
I have a 10 min commute and finish work at 3 and I just couldn’t do it.
I ran. Though no more than 20 mins three times a week.
Now she’said one and it’s all settled down things are improving but do not underestimate how exhausting they can be
I’ve never been as sick as I have with two kids
impressive double-spacing
Look at CSEP.ca Parmed-x for pregnancy. Also ACOG.org for exercise in pregnancy guidelines. And take advice from the doctors or midwives who know her particular health issues ( if any).
Good luck.
Post or due a search over in the Womens forum. This is a frequent topic.
My wife’s OB told her to keep doing what she was doing so long as she felt OK. For my wife that meant doing everything through the first trimester.
Second trimester running got uncomfortable about half way through so she stopped that. Being on the tri bike also was uncomfortable so she rode her road bike exclusively (aero position becomes impossible, so depending on what kind of bike she has it could be an issue).
Last 2 months of third trimester the bike was uncomfortable so she would go on really long walks with the dog to stay active. She’d do 2x45 min walks up to the day her water broke.
I think so much depends on the person and the pregnancy.
That’s pretty much what my coach described through her pregnancy. For months she didn’t really change anything, then gradually had to cut back on running and bike as they got uncomfortable (as she got bigger). She was doing 3-4 hour hikes with her dog in the last few weeks before she was due.
First off, find the bastard that did that to her!!! 