A healthy lifestyle and exercise regime helps to create a healthy reproductive system. It’s important to make exercise a regular habit before trying to conceive, as exercise helps you to feel good throughout your pregnancy as it increases your energy levels.
What’s more, it improves your stamina for labour and delivery and helps you to shed the baby weight faster! There’s also evidence to suggest that exercise improves your fertility itself, especially if you’re struggling with conditions like PCOS.
Here are the top 5 workout routines we recommend when you’re trying to conceive:
1: Pilates, barre, and yoga
Pilates, barre, and yoga are fantastic exercises if you’re trying to get pregnant. They build balance, strength, endurance, and muscle tone, which all help with your conception efforts. Yoga is particularly recommended as it’s designed to help you relax, an all-important factor to getting pregnant! Consult a yoga instructor to find out which style will be best.
2: Lifting weights
Simple weight-lifting exercises that focus on your upper abdomen and legs are beneficial when you’re trying to conceive. These exercises will inevitably make these areas stronger, improving the muscle strength you’ll need to be pregnant.
3: Leisurely walking
When you’re trying to conceive, it’s important to keep your stress levels in check. Walking for around 45 to 60 minutes per day is a leisurely and relaxing exercise that helps to restore your body and keeps your muscles nice and stretched.
4: Swimming
Swimming is a great exercise when trying to conceive; you get a thorough cardio workout without putting undue stress on your joints. Swimming also allows you to set your own pace and build on your progress, an ideal habit to take up if you’re new to exercise. Remember to stay hydrated and listen to your body – putting yourself at risk isn’t a good idea when trying to make a baby.
5: Sex
Let’s talk about sex, shall we? We don’t mean to state the obvious, but this is the exercise you should be trying to do the most of! When trying to get pregnant, certain sex positions are better than others for ensuring that sperm find their way to the egg. Aim for positions which allow for deeper penetration, bringing sperm in closer proximity to the cervix. Enjoy!
How can I track my progress?
Fertility tracking is essential when trying to conceive. Several methods are available to track ovulation and identify the best time of the month to conceive. Mylo’s myLotus tracker identifies the levels of your Luteinizing hormone (LH).
LH is an important hormone that triggers the egg to fully mature and releases from the follicle, ready to be fertilised. At Mylo, their myLotus identifies a woman’s exact LH value, their LH surge, and tells you when ovulation is about to happen. Urinary LH is considered one of the highest accuracy methods for detecting ovulation before it happens, which is incredibly important.
