Anyone into sports/ intense activities while ttc?

Question

Sorry long post!! 
Me and my spouse enjoy some good tennis or badminton (like tennis). We play for almost 4-5 hours on weekends and regular strength training about 2 hours during the week. I have been active all my life. My question is I have heard intense activity is bad during ovulation and also during the tww. It’s hard for us to stop the activities as we enjoy and bond very well in our relationship. I try to limit them around ovulation and after but I’m sure my heart rate goes higher still.
Has anyone being in my situation of being super active and had to cut down intensity to conceive? Any recommendations by a doctor?

Answer

I'm in the same situation as you! My husband and I love being super active together... Tennis, climbing, hiking, weightlifting, etc. The month we went suppper hard I had a 46 day cycle! Not great. We knew that I needed to scale back. Literally as soon as I did, I started having perfect cycles. We still do all of our activities together, I just go a little less hard. 😊 3 month ttc right now, today is O day! Time for another TWW 🤞🏼

Answer

If it’s intense enough that it is effecting the length of your cycles, it IS effecting your fertility.  That doesn’t mean you won’t get pregnant, but it will make it harder, especially if you’re shortening your luteal phase as well.  If your cycles are still regular, there’s not really enough medical evidence to know if it’s making things more difficult or not.  I was running 30-40 miles a week when we started TTC (which actually isn’t very high for me), but the month when I cut back (mainly because of work) is the month we conceived.  Was likely just coincidence, but we’ll never truly know!

Anyone into sports/ intense activities while ttc?

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