Bumping this to say that I am 18 weeks along and my doctors are fully supportive of my continuing to ride until I don't feel like riding anymore. I'm taking it very easy (but then I always do, I'm a lazy slug) and I was told not to ride my mountain bike after the first tri. I am either riding my road bike on the trainer (I'm a little worried about falling so I figure better safe than sorry), or my single speed mixte around town to do errands.
I have a faster single speed that's in the shop right now being built up, and it is also a mixte -- the lower top tube is just a much more comfortable way for me to ride right now. I am really hoping that I can get some riding in this spring because I know it will be very hard to do until the baby is old enough to ride in a trailer.
I'm not having any balance issues so far, probably because I haven't gained any weight. I lost 12 pounds in the first trimester due to morning sickness, and I've gained 10 of that back, every bit of it in my belly. I'm in maternity clothes but they are a couple of sizes smaller than my regular clothes! My doctor is not worried about the weight thing, though, as long as I start showing a net gain by 20 weeks.
Nobody has mentioned the pelvic issue, and I've had only mild round ligament pain, but I am riding a wider Brooks saddle these days which is probably less problematic. I do have a Butterfly on my trainer bike, but I am only doing very short rides there, and I mostly sit pretty upright.
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03-07-2007, 04:08 PM #1
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03-07-2007, 04:23 PM #2
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Last time I was pregnant was 20 years ago tomorrow. I sold my horse and quit riding, which I had been doing daily, when I was about 3 months. My mid-wife didn't tell me to, but I really didn't want to in any way create a bad situation, namely a horse accident. I would feel the same about cycling; accidents happen and you have more than your own life to consider now. Although you won't believe it when you hit 8 1/2 months, pregnancy is not a terminal condition and finding a very low risk activity until D-day might be worth considering.
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