Too fit for fertility?

ive read various info on what weight/fat ratio/percentage a woman ceases to menstruate...i agree with STBW...its interesting . STBW , KK, and mysel are all fairly slight in build from what ive read yet we are probably 3 different case scenarios.. i personally notice a difference when training more heavily..they cease altogether and my BMI is 17 so quite low..when i was above 7st they were regular...so there is maybe some pattern...

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ive read various info on what weight/fat ratio/percentage a woman ceases to menstruate...i agree with STBW...its interesting . STBW , KK, and mysel are all fairly slight in build from what ive read yet we are probably 3 different case scenarios.. i personally notice a difference when training more heavily..they cease altogether and my BMI is 17 so quite low..when i was above 7st they were regular...so there is maybe some pattern...

You're below 7stone, how tall are you? I'm very slight with very little body fat but I'm quite compact and always weigh more than people think I do.

im 5ft 2 KK, anf 6st5..im petite and like you very little bodyfat..i wouldnt say im skinny though..

Ah ok, I'm nearly 5 ft 7. I have strong big bones but in a small compact frame (ideal gymnast as was).

me too (gymnast) and ballet dancer

I'm small and compact (a 5ft munchkin), but would be utterly useless at gymnastics as I have no coordination whatsoever

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I'm small and compact (a 5ft munchkin), but would be utterly useless at gymnastics as I have no coordination whatsoever

LOL stbw...was it you on the pics with Chili at outlaw?

I was at the Outlaw and did meet the lovely Chili, so maybe! I've not seen any pics though

Wow that makes me a ten ton tessie. I'm 5'3 3/4" and weigh about 116lbs.

It's about the heaviest 'healthy' weight I've ever been (fibroids aside, I don't know how much weight they add - I've been told they are 'large' that was 6 yrs ago.) I've weighed more but that wasn't due to fat - due to a malfunctioning body.

I weighed around 105lbs for a couple of years but I looked like a famine victim - not at all healthy. I put on the weight once I started running / swimming / cycling again and not just burning calories at the gym.

Like KK I'm big boned - I did one of those density tests that came out as medium build.

Not that any of this answers the OP's question. I've never had children but I've always had periods even when my weight was under 98lbs

I think Victoria Beckham is the person to ask. There were rumours that she had to gain weight in order to conceive.

i think too Cam mouse that to sustain a pregnancy again i would have to gain some weight..im not rake like but there is very little fat, id describe my physique as quite 'hard' ..not a feminine soft curved body. my first pregnancy ended in miscarriage, but i concieved very quickly and was pregnant within 8 weeks of losing the other. ths went fine but i was monitered for slow weight gain. in actual fact the baby was fine it was just me who didnt get much bigger lol.

I had no problem gaining weight in pregnancy, could be in part due to the 1/2lb of cheese I insisted adding to every meal!

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I've been told that a fat percentage of 22% is the minimum for conception.... 

That sounds like something a guy would say when he's forgotten his contraceptives.

I regularly see women with a BMI of less than 20 that are pregnant. So don't believe him when he tells you that

So is there a % fat/BMI whatever that also works at the other end? can you be too fat to get pregnant? 

(wonders where that might be & how many pies I'd need to eat to get there...)

I knew a woman who wasn't just obese she was round. She got pregnant.

I think you'd need to eat an awful lot of pies HL.

Is there anyone out there who did cut back on their running programme (and consciously eat a few more pies) in order to boost their chances of getting pregnant?

I'd love to find out if it worked!