concieving children with low bf%

[emma10]

hey. Totally random question as kids are a lonnnnng way off, but just curious. People have mentioned their periods stopping when they get down to a certain bf%. I have always believed this to be because your body is trying to hold on to the iron etc rather than flush it out, which is all good.
But is it just the act of 'flushing' out that stops, or does your whole reproductive system have a break? IE; have any of you got pregnant whilst you were really low on bf%?
My guess is that you still have eggs produced and the only difference is your body doesnt want to release them every month.
But hey Im not a doctor, just curious...

[BuffedWildCat]

A woman's entire reproductive cycle stops when she is at a low enough body fat level (varies somewhat depending on the individual). What that basically means is that there are no eggs maturing. As females we are born with all the eggs that we're gonna have the rest of our lives. It's just that each menstrual cycle represents one (or more) of those eggs maturing enough to be released and then wait to be fertilized.

So absence of a menstrual cycle equals no pregnancy.

[beaniecool]

A woman's entire reproductive cycle stops when she is at a low enough body fat level (varies somewhat depending on the individual). What that basically means is that there are no eggs maturing. As females we are born with all the eggs that we're gonna have the rest of our lives. It's just that each menstrual cycle represents one (or more) of those eggs maturing enough to be released and then wait to be fertilized.

So absence of a menstrual cycle equals no pregnancy.

I couldn't have said it better myself. I lost my period in college when I ran cross country and it took me awhile (years) to get my cycles back to normal. I went on the pill to get my cycles back into shape so i could start trying to conceive. Now, I have twins...so, you periods can come back, but it is not worth it to lose your periods. It just isn't healthy...imho.

[daviess]

Its a protective system.
if your body senses a low bf %, it is aware you may not be getting enough nutrition so it doesnt want to conceive. that is why women typical store more fat, is that extra "just incase" nutrition. think back in time when we didnt have as much food available as now. and we had to hunt and gather for it.. fat stores were very imp then

[emma10]

those who have lost their periods before... what bf%s were you at when that happened?

[SuziCue]

I lost my period for 9 months with a body fat % ranging around 8-11%. I was told with no period, I couldn't get pregnant b/c I was producing any eggs.

Seven months after I was married, I discovered I was 7 weeks pregnant with twins! My case, I'm sure, is very rare but just a warning--use a back up form of birth control even when the period stops.

Now with a body fat ranging from 10-12%, I get periods every couple of months, sometimes two in a row, sometimes none.

[BoozeN]

I'm sorry to troll in here, but I felt compelled by the thread title to come in here to explain my disdain for the idea of giving birth to skinny babies. Now I get it though.

[BuffedWildCat]

I'm sorry to troll in here, but I felt compelled by the thread title to come in here to explain my disdain for the idea of giving birth to skinny babies. Now I get it though.

LOL. One could interpret it that way, but no, heh.

[XLaDy]

Do you ladies who have had twins, do you think it has something to do with your body during that time? Or does twins run in your family?

[SuziCue]

Sorry for the long answer, I know this is more information then you wanted:

It's debatable, but identicals 'do not run in families'. ( I say debatable b/c I know plenty of families that it does.)

Fraternal twins do run in families. The father can pass the gene to a female but a couple cannot have twins "b/c the father has it in his family" as it depends on how many eggs are dropped not sperm. If you or your mother is a fraternal twin, you have a 1 in 3 chance of having fraternal twins. My mother is a twin. (So are my aunt/uncle and three sets of cousins).

[XLaDy]

O ok because no one in my family has had any sort of twins but i want to have two children in one pregnancy .

[SuziCue]

Honestly, the risks are too high. I love my twins but given the complications both with myself and then having premature babies--it really isn't anything to encourage. The boys are 3 and STILL have complications from being a twin birth :(