"serious" riding while pregnant?

[Fembot]

Hi,

I just registered here, don't know if you are still looking for info. I continued to ride throughout my pregancy at a pretty rigorous level. The literature that I read cautioned against "overheating" in the first trimester, so I was careful about that.

I am very glad that I maintained my fitness during pregancy, the recovery after I delivered my son was extremely fast (I was 32 at the time), I was able to start running again within the first week.

Good luck!

[Irulan]

do some seaching here, there have been some good threads. That below 140 thing applies to non-atheletes, I know there are some good links on training while preggers in old threads.

[runnergirl]

Do some googleing, there's an excellent article out there written by a female cyclist and doctor that talks about what the elite women do when pregnant.

whoo hoo, I found it! http://www.insidetri.com/train/bike/...es/1486.0.html

This parts nuts!
As a physician I do not recommend racing at all once you become pregnant. The late Miji Reoch -- may she rest in peace -- was a groundbreaker in the 1980s. She reportedly won criteriums in her first trimester. For a lot of reasons, I cannot endorse this.

Legend has it she also rode her bike in labor to the hospital. As the story goes, on her way to the hospital, Reoch even critiqued some guy's saddle height and then motored off ahead to the maternity ward. That you just gotta admire. Don't do it, but go ahead and admire it.

[Irulan]

that's one of the links I was thinking about that is in that other thread.

[KSH]

Well, I don't know what is medically a wise decision... but to me, if I were pregnant... I would not get on my road bike. Simply for the fear of having a wreck or getting hit by a car.

Accidents happen when you least expect them. I would not risk my pregnancy by putting myself in potentially dangerous situations. Yes, I know accidents can happen walking down the street, but riding a bike on the road is just making that risk even greater.

I would go to spin classes though. If I were to ever get pregnant, I would certainly keep working out till the end!

Best of luck with a healthy pregnancy and I hope you have a beautiful bundle of joy!

[Irulan]

your baby is very well protected. Very well. It's not in an eggshell.There are plenty of places to ride where you aren't playing tag with vehicles.

Here are the old threads.
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ight=pregnancy

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ight=pregnancy

in addition, here are other pregnancy cycling discussions...

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=123236

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=102361

[KSH]

your baby is very well protected. Very well. It's not in an eggshell.There are plenty of places to ride where you aren't playing tag with vehicles.

True enough. I guess I just wonder how the pregnancy would go if you hit ground going 20 MPH on a bike? We have a bike path here, but there are pot holes, kids, etc... on it. I know 2 people who have had serious wrecks on the path. I can't imagine having the wrecks they did... while pregnant.

I am sure I just worry too much! Thank goodness I have opted to NOT have children.