Does jumping exercises make me NOT pregnant?

Xandra101
Xandra101 Posts: 15 Member
edited November 8 in Fitness and Exercise
I am 29 years old, 5'0, 116 lbs. I am kind of skinny fat with around 25% of fat. My weight been like this for years. I'd never been overweight.

My routine is 30-60 min, 5-6 days a week using exercise DVDs. Now, I'm on last month of Jillian Michaels' Body Revolution. Before this, I used T25 and FitnessBlender. The maximum weights that I use is 3kgx2 (6.6lbsx2).

I just wonder whether these jumping and HIIT exercises prevent me from getting pregnant or not. Should I just stick to low-impact exercises, like walking, swimming, stationary bicycle, and moderate weight training?

I ask my doctor, and she said exercise is good, and should not cause any problem. However, I would like to know from your own experience. Did you get pregnant while doing HIIT cardio exercise, or other kinds of jumping exercises?

I know I should believe my doctor and many other articles that I read, but I am so desperate to have a baby that I'm willing to do many ridiculous things like stop exercising. Please let me know, just for a peace of mind, if you succeeded in getting pregnant while work out regularly.

It has been more than 1.5 year that I am trying to conceive my first baby without any lucks. I have regular period (every 26 days +/-2). I ovulate regularly. My gynecologist always finds an egg via ultrasound. Of course, we will do more throughout test for both me and my husband after holidays.

Thanks
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  • canoepug56
    canoepug56 Posts: 161 Member
    Get your husband tested ;)
  • LizN63
    LizN63 Posts: 129 Member
    I would be very surprised indeed if jumping exercises were preventing pregnancy. I would be inclined to trust your doctor. On a personal note, I didn't do HIIT but I was running regularly when I got pregnant.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    edited December 2014
    canoepug wrote: »
    Get your husband tested ;)

    But seriously, do this.

    I was lifting heavy when I got pregnant. Women throughout the ages have done harder work than what you're doing and still manage to get pregnant.
  • Pupslice
    Pupslice Posts: 213 Member
    probably only if you were exercising for hours a day every day and severely restricting calories to the point where your periods stopped. I agree with canoepug, have your husband's sperm count checked.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Oh my god, I thought, when I read that title :o
    Xandra101 wrote: »
    I just wonder whether these jumping and HIIT exercises prevent me from getting pregnant or not.

    :relieved:
    Did you get pregnant while doing HIIT cardio exercise, or other kinds of jumping exercises?

    Sounds like fun, must try it some time :p

  • newdaydawning79
    newdaydawning79 Posts: 1,503 Member
    Pupslice wrote: »
    probably only if you were exercising for hours a day every day and severely restricting calories to the point where your periods stopped. I agree with canoepug, have your husband's sperm count checked.

    This.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Pretty sure when I'm jumping, I'm about to get pregnant if i don't watch out.
  • Xandra101
    Xandra101 Posts: 15 Member
    Thank for your confirmation and humor to cheer me up.

    Like I said, I am desperate and depressed that I think maybe jumping disturb implantation process. I know it sounds ridiculous. Please pardon me.

    My husband will get checked for sure. I will do other tests as well. It's just that we can't seem to find an available appointment before holidays.
  • Slasher09
    Slasher09 Posts: 316 Member
    Ever since I was pregnant/had my son I can't do jumping exercises (ah the joys) but no I can't see how they would prevent pregnancy, esp if your doctor gave you the okay!
  • skuggiaiko
    skuggiaiko Posts: 6
    You could just avoid them after ovulation and during the two week wait, if it is really making you that concerned.
  • snikkins
    snikkins Posts: 1,282 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Oh my god, I thought, when I read that title :o

    It's ok. Me too. Ha

  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    I would be more concerned about your stress levels.

    In all seriousness, that would be more likely to have a negative impact. Maybe look into yoga, some other meditation, or group counseling that can help you deal with your worry.

    Other than that, I'd just wait until you and your husband get your test results and go from there.

    BTW - my parents had issues with infertility. Tests didn't figure it out, multiple rounds of IVF didn't help. But within a year of deciding to just let happen what was going to happen, there I was. My point being sometimes you can't force things and there's always hope. Good luck.
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    edited December 2014
    snikkins wrote: »
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Oh my god, I thought, when I read that title :o

    It's ok. Me too. Ha

    BAHAHAH ditto here.

    :|
  • sheepotato
    sheepotato Posts: 600 Member
    I could see jumping causing trauma to a recently implanted egg, maybe causing an extremely early stage miscarriage but to totally prevent it seems a bit far fetched. ...and a little funny. :)

    I agree on the stress level suggestion. Try to just let things happen as they will for a while, stay healthy and both of you could get checked out in a few months if you are concerned.
  • sheepotato
    sheepotato Posts: 600 Member
    Oh and you should totally start swimming if you are trying, I was 13 weeks before I started swimming and I still wish I had started sooner.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    simplydelish2 wrote: »
    OMG...You can't really need an answer to this question. If you do, my advice is never get pregnant - people without sufficient brain cells should not breed.

    Yes, this sounds mean...but the OP obviously lacks.

    whew- glad you're going to take the flag on this one instead of me!!!! LOL

    peoples after my own heart right here.
  • Lalalindaloo
    Lalalindaloo Posts: 204 Member
    edited December 2014
    jkwolly wrote: »
    snikkins wrote: »
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Oh my god, I thought, when I read that title :o

    It's ok. Me too. Ha

    BAHAHAH ditto here.

    :|

    Me TOO. I would be supergluing my feet to the ground prob.

    ***But seriously, I do understand for OP that this is a very serious concern and my thoughts and prayers are with you that you will get preggers in no time. Years ago, my best friend went through a period of trying for 2 1/2 years, having scores of tests done on her and her husband and nothing. Then, she got pregnant. She had her third child this year.
  • sherbear702
    sherbear702 Posts: 650 Member
    Long story short, No. Exercie will not prevent you from getting pregnant. Nor will "jumping exercise" In fact, excercise will keep you healthy, which is ideal for getting pregnant. If it's been a year and a half with no success in getting pregnant, I would suggest seeing a fertility specialist. There could be a multitude of issues, with either you or your husband. I'm betting that exercise isn't one of them.

    When I was pregnant with both my boys, and especially with this last one, I exercised almost every single day. I was 8 months pregnant and walking anywhere between 3-5 miles a day. I also jogged and did aroebice exercise DVD's.

    You will not shake a newly implated egg loose. Your uterus is like a big protective bubble. You can be in a car accident, and as long as there's not direct trauma to your belly, the baby will be just fine. They're ultra protected in there.

    Keep exercising, I can almost guarentee that is not the reason why you can't concieve.
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    simplydelish2 wrote: »
    OMG...You can't really need an answer to this question. If you do, my advice is never get pregnant - people without sufficient brain cells should not breed.

    Yes, this sounds mean...but the OP obviously lacks.

    Thank you saved me from saying it
  • deluxmary2000
    deluxmary2000 Posts: 981 Member
    Your doctor is obviously wrong... best to go ask a diet website instead of taking his/her advice.
  • LazyButHealthy
    LazyButHealthy Posts: 257 Member
    skuggiaiko wrote: »
    You could just avoid them after ovulation and during the two week wait, if it is really making you that concerned.

    don't encourage...
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    Sometimes it just takes time to get pregnant, even if both partners are perfectly healthy. Stress doesn't help... so maybe try yoga and relaxation techniques?
  • LianaG1115
    LianaG1115 Posts: 453 Member
    The little fishies will swim anywhere if they want, gravity has nothing to do with their own motivation to meet their own goal! Its the same idea as those who stand on their heads to get knocked up if it happens, it hapens!! hahahaha
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    It took my wife and I eleven months with our first...we had pretty much given up when it finally happened. Personally, I think it was the reduction in stress levels and basically chalking it up to the breaks that made it happen.

    Our 2nd was a one shot, one kill kind of thing...we were anticipating things taking months and she was literally pregnant with one good shot...
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    I understand how stressful infertility can be. It took my husband and I close to two years to conceive our first pregnancy. After the first six months I started charting my cycles (taking my temperature each morning, recording changes in various fluids) and using ovulation predictors. (Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler is a grey book on the subject.) After a year we began medical testing. Everything was normal for both of us. I finally got a prescription for Clomid, but before I had a chance to fill it, I got a positive pregnancy test. Sadly it ended in miscarriage, but I conceived my eldest son two cycles later. My second son took two months of trying, and my third was conceived right after an "oops" that also ended in miscarriage but made us realize we wanted one more to complete our family.

    I exercised regularly throughout my pregnancies, and during the time I was TTC. (With the exception of the first trimester with my oldest son...after the prior miscarriage I was a little nervous about doing much more exercise than walking).

    They say the optimal BMI for TTC is 20-24, and you are smack dab in the middle of that, so your weight and body fat percentage should not be an issue. As for the jumping around, when you think about a tiny mass of cells in your cozy padded uterus, a little bouncing is not going to do any harm.

  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    You went to catholic school didn't you? lol.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    negative.

    full blown private christian- but not Catholic- no pleated skirts and knee highs for me.
    -
    well- no- that was after school... after college... for my goth nights out. that happened/s.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I have a buddy from your neck of the woods, I can imagine. lol.
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    simplydelish2 wrote: »
    OMG...You can't really need an answer to this question. If you do, my advice is never get pregnant - people without sufficient brain cells should not breed.

    Yes, this sounds mean...but the OP obviously lacks.

    I'm face palming so hard here it's not even funny. My 7 year old has a better grasp on reproduction.

    THIS-IS-WHY-kbituu.jpg
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    wait- so if I'm on top I won't get pregnant right? that's the way that works still isnt' it?
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