Female Runners Urged to Lay an Egg
The breathless headline from ABC News reads:
Female Athletes Are Too Fit To Get Pregnant
Women in Sports Who Train Too Hard Urged to Freeze Their Eggs Before It’s Too Late
First we learn your uterus can fall out, and now we discover that if it stays in, it might not work!
My advice is to drop this story in the circular file. The article fails to mention that it’s also pretty difficult to conceive if you’re overweight, out-of-shape and feel miserable about yourself. So ladies, get out on the road and keep in your eggs in your basket, where they belong.
What nonsense. As their primary example this article refrs to a 5’1″ runner who weighs 85 pounds. EIGHTY-FIVE pounds! Of course her fertility is compromised, when she has zero body fat and weighs less than your typical fifth grader. I’m going to continue running, even if my eggs fail, my uterus falls out and my fallopian tubes become twisted and tangled like the Gordian Knot. But then again, I’ve got nearly SEVENTY pounds on that woman, so I’m not too worried.