Hi there,

thought about spinning? I managed to keep that up once my bump got too big to MTB as it's rather more up right, and started again 6 weeks after birth. Before that you just don't want to be getting on a saddle, I can tell you Sorry I've only scanned the pps, but a word of warning - whilst preg. you get much more out of breath - more blood to push around, limited space for your lungs.

When I first found out we were having a baby I cried, even more when I realized that our planned transalp would take place when I was 8 mo, and so would be out of the question. I live in a place where just about everyone bikes, bikers ride through with their back packs and I turn a light shade of green with envy.

Now the micro human is 1, she's climbing up my leg trying to get me off the computer, she's only let me ride around 150 mile the whole summer, but... hey it's just one season, by next season she'll be able to stay with Grandma, or I can dump her on friends and get at least one good ride in a week. Maybe I'll even team up with some other girlfriends and let our husbands look after the rugrats.

It's a sacrifice, but it's so worth it, believe me. I had such ambivalent feelings towards my daughter until I actually held her, and now being woken up by a snotty kiss and baby babble makes everything worth it. The only question I found helped was do you want to be 50 and not have kids? Well, there are always 500 good reasons why now is not the right time to start...

HTH