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Hi Gabrielle,
Thanks so much for your reply. The warnings I received are from a family physician who said he has never personally done hot yoga or knew much about it, but that pregnant woman should not go into hot tubs and the like for fear of over heating. Right there my warning bells went off. How can you tell me not to do something if you know nothing about it? This was all before we even started talking about IVF. I haven’t spoken to anyone speciifcally about hot yoga post IVF. These are my own fears which are compounded becasue I can’t seem to find reliable information about it.

I am still doing hot yoga now as the IVF will be starting in January. And you are correct, I have no problem with the heat and pregnancy. I’ve seen so many women go through my studio from 1 month to 9 months and all have had healthy bikram babies! And so many tell me how calm their children are. That’s enough to convince me of the benefits right there!

I guess somehow I just feel like my pregnancy, becasue it will happen through IVF (hopefully), is somehow more fragile…silly and irrational, I know, but I just can’t shake it. In the same breath I really want to stay healthy and flexible and in good shape throughout my pregnancy.

I will continue practicing until the day we go in for our procedure and have a nice long chat with the doctors and nurses at the clinic about it.
sara

ps. I had to giggle when I read your question about how my body is handling the heat in and OUT of the studio. Out of the studio is not much of an issue for me as we have entered our winter season here and I woke up to -30 degrees C this morning. Wish I was there!!