Coffee and exercise

nycmama · Post by **nycmama** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:10 pm

Hi,

I'm new to IVF - just started 1st shot last night.

Was anyone told to cut coffee, even decaf, down to 1-2 cups per day?

Also, were you told to stop exercising during the process?

Thanks!!

kerpupples · Post by **kerpupples** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:18 pm

I am a 2 cup per day person and switched to decaf a few days before transfer. I still drink 2 cups of decaf per day now that I am pregnant. My clinic recommends no more than 2 cups of regular coffee per day but I am more comfortable with decaf during the first trimester.

I was not told to stop exercising at all and was encouraged to continue with moderate exercise prior to transfer. You'll know what you are comfortable with. Good luck!

nycmama · Post by **nycmama** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:27 pm

Thank you and congratulations on your pregnancy. That's wonderful!

I ususally have very intense workouts but I'm sticking to walking for the duration of this treatment.

Giving up the coffee is hard though. I'm sticking with decaf, and that's fine, but I usually have more than 2 cups.

jandc33 · Post by **jandc33** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:30 pm

NYC-Where are you going for your cycle? I'm from NY-going for 2nd IVF end of October at Columbia.

Gluck!

NY4thtry · Post by **NY4thtry** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:12 pm

i have had 4 failures.. first 4 times i cut back to one cup of coffee a day and kept exercising.. now i have quit coffee decaf and reg all together and stopped excercising getting ready for number 5 .. i have read that even the chemicals in decaf acn be bad.

RSC · Post by **RSC** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:50 am

My clinic told me to cut out caffeine entirely (except for the occasional piece of chocolate, of course!)

I was very addicted, and I find I am sleeping better and more relaxed without it--and now that I've kicked the habit entirely, I'm actually less tired during the day, even though I have a very stressful job.

NY4thtry · Post by **NY4thtry** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:41 pm

I have decided to do my next cycle with Dr Sher of SIRM...

JDC · Post by **JDC** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:40 pm

NY4thtry just curious - what exactly is staggard ivf?

Juzzah · Post by **Juzzah** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:56 pm

Hi,
I was told to avoid coffee during IVF treatment so I did. I wasn't told to avoid exercise so I went to the gym and did fairly physical workouts about 4-5 times a week until embryo transfer. I found the exercise was very useful in combating the side effects of the injections (such as mood swings etc). However, I did read somewhere after I had completed my cycle that exercise shoudn't be too strenuous during this period so you should double check this. I also had 4 acupuncture sessions (acupuncture has been proven to enhance the success rates of IVF) and I am now 31 weeks pregnant after the first IVF attempt.

Good luck!

NY4thtry · Post by **NY4thtry** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:35 pm

Satggered IVF is when they freeze the embies and do and fet later so they vcan do genetic testing in the meantime

lkmisc · Post by **lkmisc** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:17 pm

Read this article (link below) and decide if you want to take a chance on caffeine. It was widely reported at the beginning of the year and was covered on all the national news channels.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 080402.htm

I even cut out chocolate!

Linda