it can be so tough especially in the tww or after surgery when you can't do any exercise. Our first ivf cycle i felt so rubbish that i didn't do much and put a little weight on. but with the second cycle i just decided i would pick up my running (was doing regular 8-10ks per session before ivf) again... no excuses, no "too tireds'', i would just do it.

i lost weight, toned up and felt much mch better. we also go better quality eggs and got our longed for bfp with one of those. i really believe being so active gave us the edge this time. plus i found i handled it mentally much better and it was a good time to think on my runs.

but like i said the toughest part personally is the tww and post surgery when you just can't do anything.

i've since traded my runs for brisk 45-60mins walks in the morning.

we haven't been trying ac as long nor suffered any m/c though bluej so you'll need to take that into account when looking at us.

hope that helps you out. it's an interesting topic.