How long did it take you to start racing again after a new baby? For Guys and gals. (Page 2)

My little guy is 2 1/2 and my first tri since my HIM in 2008 is in June.  I ran and swam throughout my pregnancy; I actually did a du when I was 5 months pregnant, but the bike was a bit ... weird as my belly was in the way!  I ran fairly soon after delivery, but stuck to running races and bike rides only because I didn't make the time to get to the pool. 

Working full time and single parenting it for awhile (husband is in the Army and is out of town for another few more months) we're just now getting on a good schedule. 

They key is time management and quality workouts.  OH, and a bike trainer and jogging stroller.  No more 'junk' miles for me; every workout has a purpose.

I'm a guy.  Our son, 2nd kid, was born at noon on a Thursday, all were discharged around 5pm Friday, and I raced a sprint on Saturday morning. 

My wife is pretty awesome, she told me to go and race since we'd already paid for it.  I did three more tri's that summer and PR'd a fall marathon.  Couldn't have done any of that without the blessing of my wife, and learning to fit training into the small amounts of downtime in a bustling family.

I just wanted to say that, as a new dad, I freakin' LOVE this thread.

I just got into tri last year and only did 2 races.

My goal this year was to do 3 local races and finish with HIM Tremblant. However with my sister-in-law wedding the same weekend as Tremblant and a 3rd kid anytime now, my plan has chnages to only do 2-3 local races.

Training while having a kids is doable. You just need to plan it in advance and make sure that you have the blessing of your significant other. She was very supportive of me keeping my trainning schedule but I made sure that I didn't take away to much family time. (time for her, time for the 2 kids)

Your training time will suffer and it is a fact. I say just keep going at it but re-evaluate your goal to finishing with a good time instead of going all out (PR races might be tough). My focus this year is to improve my time but also factor in the time spend training.

Good luck! Congrats btw!

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Well, currently pregnant (will deliver any day now), and planning for my first tri in September.  Have been training as able throughout and will resume as I feel able post-partum.  5k in July to help get me motivated.  May try to squeeze in one more tri this season.

As someone mentioned, training can affect supply if breastfeeding - makes it very important to pay close attention to nutrition and hydration.