Pregnancy/Delivery Recovery

[Irulan]

I personally still would never ride outdoors while in my last trimester. Last year a route I have traveled on a million times a dog took me down. I was only going about 15mph and this little dog who got loose went straight at me under my wheel I had no place to go but down on the concrete HARD! It's way to unpredictable out there and not worth the risk one bit IMO.
I was cycling with 5 others the dog took out one other person all the people there could not have helped me one bit it all happens too fast. Maybe you've never crashed to know how quickly it all happens and how much it hurts!!!!!

To all other pregnant mama's thinking of cycling outdoors I would take all risks involved cars,dogs, and wonder if it's worth it????

there are plenty of safer places to ride: paved cycle trails, dedicated bike paths, rail trails, forest roads, non traffic situations, easy singletrack - use your imagination. A fall will most likely hurt you worst than a fetus.

On the first round of pregnancy cycling on another board about three months ago, I found this information in an Australian medical journal

Medical experts who took part in the National Forum on Pregnancy and Sport advised that damage to the womb of the kind that could injure an unborn child is usually associated with forces equivalent to those occurring in a car accident. All medical experts agreed that falls and direct contact of the kinds that occur during contact sports were unlikely to cause damage to the womb or the unborn child. http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/...pub/pisover.asp

irulan