Have you ever been told you need to lose muscle mass to get pregnant?

Question

My doctor says I workout too much and should work on losing a little muscle mass so I can conceive. Sounds crazy to me to be told to be less fit to get pregnant. I've seen plenty of super lean very very fit ladies be pregnant. I've been trying for 9 months now though so maybe that is an issue ...??

Answer

Too much muscle means lowered body fat %. Too little body fat interrupts the menstrual cycle as the body is designed to only conceive when it’s safe and healthy enough to carry a child to term. So if you’re too skinny, the brain assumes that you’re in a famine or stressful situation and alters your ovulation.

Answer

Yup. My sister has pcos. She has a lot of muscle mass. To get pregnant when she’s ready, she just lays off her workouts for a month and lets her body soften a bit. Then she’s pregnant with no problems. Post work out (weight lifting) your body has a build up of testerone. I don’t know if that’s what makes it difficult, but with pcos my sister already makes more testerone than the average woman. So she needs to back of when she’s TTC

Have you ever been told you need to lose muscle mass to get pregnant?

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