Elite athletes get pregnant, have healthy babies and return to sport early postpartum.
Jorunn Sundgot-BorgenJorunn Kaiander Sundgot-BorgenGrethe MyklebustNina SølvbergMonica Klungland TorstveitPublished in: BMJ open sport & exercise medicine (2019)
Elite athletes and active controls get pregnant easily, deliver healthy babies and decrease training during pregnancy and the first postpartum periods compared with prepregnancy. Most athletes and every third control returned to sport or exercise at week 0-6 postpartum. Athletes report stress fractures and increased BD and DT, but decreased ED postpartum. However, since relatively few athletes were included these findings need further investigation.