Robyn...a voice of reason. Thank you.....and alot of you made sense responding to this thread. Forgive me...this is gonna be long.

As for the business of biking...staying in shape while pregnant...whatever....I only know that your body holds you hostage during a pregnancy. Forget life as you knew it. It's a fabulous time of life and you will (might?) feel like a million bucks and ride like the wind till you get too big and the leg pains get too severe to climb on your bike. Remember the sheer pressure ladies? You urinate constantly....that baby takes up as much room as he wants....and your vital organs end up damn near down hear your knees. Biking? I think not at this point.

Oh, the other hand....I won't whitewash it....you might have the pregnancy from hell. Asking others is good therapy and you'll get as many ideas as there are peas in a package of Green Giant...(hope you're smiling) but you have no idea till you get there. Now...once the baby is born....life is pretty much over as you knew it. I didn't read a book for 5 years due to the interruptions and the endless distractions of dealing with a toddler whose world is totally narcisstic. Then...there's the birth thing. Gee...no one really prepares you for that one. They tell you that you'll forget. Uh huh.....right. You'll be discussing episiotomy scars over lunch.

But I'm rambling about something I haven't experienced in 41 years. Take it for what it's worth.

What the instigator of this thread doesn't know yet, is that every wink...breath...pea ingestion...bowel movement....and goo that your baby makes will have you enthralled. Don't need to be cool about it...it's called motherhood.

Hugs to all,
Maureen