Runners, help?
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Topic: Runners, help?
Posted By: Plushie
Subject: Runners, help?
Date Posted: 24 June 2011 at 6:54pm
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So, this came up in conversation recently and now i can't stop thinking about it!
Before i got pregnant i was pretty fit and running often and did so until about 20 weeks when it just got ridiculous. I had done a few marathons and was running avg 10km 3x a week. Then i broke my vagina having a giant baby. I really, really want to start running and building up my fitness again but these are things holding me back: Afore mentioned broken vagina Lingering aches and pains in hip and pubis (had SPD during pregnancy) Breastfeeding Lack of support. For the boobs, i mean. How do you get back into it? All and any advice appreciated and considered. (Possibly i just need a kick in the ass) |
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Posted By: fairy1
Date Posted: 24 June 2011 at 8:26pm
I'm trying to get myself running again, quite a slow process really  .
I found my boobs were quite sore till about the last month when I ran even with a very supportive bra, so that took time. I was a c-section and had SPD so had to wait a while before I could start. I also wasn't allowed to do any exercise most of the pregnancy so having to start from the beginning. What I'm doing is few mins walking then a few running and keep repeating for bout 30 mins. I need a kick in the ass as well  .------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Shelt
Date Posted: 24 June 2011 at 8:33pm
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TBH I didn't really get back into running properly till DD was about a year old. I ran occasionally before that but my boobs were really sore when I ran till I stopped BFing and my insides felt like they were gonna fall out for ages.
When I did start back more than occasionally I started slow and easy. Lots of walking - I walked several power poles and then ran some etc etc and slowly built up to running longer stretches. When I did do some running while still BFing I wore two sports bras. Made me sweat a lot but provided heaps of support. Just go easy on yourself when you start back. It took 9 months to grow your baby and it takes another 9 months for your body to recover, despite what you might read in magazines about celebrities pushing babies out one day and back in the gym the next! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 24 June 2011 at 8:49pm
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I'm not a runner but started the http://www.c25k.com/ - C25K program before getting pregnant again. Am planning to get back into it in spring, makes running look fun might be too easy for you if you were already a runner, but could be something to get you back into it??
------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 24 June 2011 at 10:42pm
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For the boobies try wearing two bra's a woman at my baby and you was obviously a runner and sport fiend and she wore two and found it ok.
I have heard its best to BF before the run as then your empty so to speak. Ease yourself in and have you been to a physio about ya aches and pains? Hot baths after with baby may help and be fun? ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Ella1
Date Posted: 24 June 2011 at 10:44pm
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If you are still sore from SPD, get yourself checked out.
I found it started playing up quite badly again when DD was around 4 months. I saw an osteopath, which helped a lot. I didn't really get back into running until DD was about 14 months, but after a couple of months I got back issues, which still haven't been solved. I do wonder if it is the SPD that I had in pregnancy, that has caused my current back issues(I never had any back problems before I got pregnant). Anyway, just wanted to say, be careful if you still have pain. Oh, and it would probably be a good idea to work on your core stability, cause that will help your back heaps when you start running again. Good luck. |
Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 25 June 2011 at 2:11am
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Thanks everyone - i was wondering about the SPD too as DS is nearly 5 months but i still get that horrid feeling in the pubis if i stand from sitting or run up stairs. Thought it'd be all healed up by now but i guess these things take time (i am like a good cheese after all!)
Shelt i was hoping you'd reply since you're superwoman and all  Rachelsea thats an awesome link!
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 25 June 2011 at 9:28am
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I started jogging from when Alex was 2 weeks old. Trick with boobs is either layers for support or invest in the best sports bra in your size.
I didn't have the SPD issues so maybe you should get that looked at |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 25 June 2011 at 12:55pm
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Get the SPD checked first
I ran after Bfing, and wore a bra then a BFing singlet for support ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: JAFAjaffa
Date Posted: 25 June 2011 at 8:14pm
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I ran after breastfeeding too and wore two bras. And changed out of them pretty much the instant I got back to the house.
I set myself some small goals - run to the end of the street, run around the park etc etc until I was back running a 5km loop. I was walking straight after Alex's birth (and he was big too, 4.7kg and a natural birth) but I didn't start running until around the 14 weeks mark. Probably too much information, but before that I tried a couple of times and it felt like my insides were going to fall out so I went back to walking and did more pelvic floor exercises! In terms of a kick - I found if I told people I was going for a run that day, and put on my running gear by a certain time then it was far more likely to happen. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Shelt
Date Posted: 25 June 2011 at 9:15pm
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Hehe Bowie some days I feel more like stupidwoman than superwoman - I'm training for Tauranga Half Ironman at the moment ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: silvs
Date Posted: 26 June 2011 at 8:10pm
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i bought an industrial strength sports bra and its fab! well worth the money (and going from a b cup to a dd cup was so weird having this issue at all!). i have also just started doing my 5km walking loop but running alternate lampposts to get up the hill and telling myself its ok to walk when i need. i am hoping to run a half marathon in october although progress is slow so who knows!
i am also doing pilates once a week to strengthen my core muscles and have started doing lunges every second day to strengthen my thighs. its so not fun having to get fitness back but i am hoping by the end of the year i am back in shape (when dd is 1 and i will be thinking about ttc again)  ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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