I have a marathon coming up in a few weeks, and am pretty sure it will fall about a week after ovulation. My husband and I were thinking of TTC before the race …. And hopefully just be blissfully unaware of the outcome either way until after race day. We feel very ready, though on the other hand I don’t want to sabotage this race if the timing would negatively impact my performance - I think I’d be willing to wait another month as I feel close to in PR shape. For context — I’ve read a lot and I know many people say it’s fine and not to plan around the what ifs with TTC—However, in the past I’ve conceived very easily (not always with full term success) for example I had two back to back CP/early MC about 6m ago and we have purposely avoided since then. We do have 2 living children as well. Anyone who could share a story about finding out they’re pregnant right after a marathon and how that went would be very appreciated! I realize this is a pretty specific situation😁

I'm unable to run, if I do, I get serious pelvic girdle pains which is making even walking difficult.

I'm considering consulting a pelvic floor expert, but is there anything that helped you all continue running during 2nd and 3rd trimesters?

I was able to run in my 1st trimester, but it's become really hard at 23 weeks. Any advice would help so much, I just want to get back to running.

Hey everyone! I’ve just hit 22 weeks and the last week or so I’ve been struggling with extremely sore muscles and trouble sleeping because of it. I assume I’m just going through a large growth spurt, but wondering if anyone else had a similar experience around this time?

I’ve still managed to maintain my strength training 3X a week but even with 4 recovery days my muscles just haven’t been bouncing back like they usually do.

If anyone has a long journey with SPD type pain, we’d appreciate your input here!

I have hit massive fatigue this pregnancy in the first trimester especially chasing my toddler which is so fun but exhausting! I took a long break from the gym but I’m back lifting heavy and I feel SO much better. Higher energy after lifting and have a lot of support from my husband 🙌

Anyone else lifting heavy? What’s your workout split?

I am 6 months postpartum and had SPD (symphysis pubis dysfunction) pain since about 20 weeks pregnant. My pain manifested as a lot of groin pain and difficulty doing anything unless my legs were together. I pretty much stopped working out after 25 weeks and just walked when I could but even that aggravated the pain.

I am now 6 months postpartum and I still feel ‘off’. My groin is sore pretty much every day and my pelvis has a feeling of instability. I have been to a pelvic floor PT and wasn’t super impressed but I will admit I haven’t done the exercises very diligently. I hope to see an orthopedic dr but one of my problems is that what I am feeling is so hard to describe. It’s like diffuse pelvis pain, adductor strain, groin strain, difficulty with unilateral stuff (but not as bad as pregnancy). I have moderate scoliosis so I am sure that doesn’t help either. I’ve stopped breastfeeding 2.5 months ago so I think my relaxin levels are maybe back to normal idk?

I was pretty active before pregnancy and was able to lift fairly heavy (squats, deadlifts etc). Has anyone been on this journey with SPD? I thought this would resolve with delivery and it has mostly but I feel so old and rickety. I had a very long unmedicated labor (epidural didn’t work) with 5 hours of pushing and sunny side up baby.