Wow, I'm shocked by this post. Truly.

I'm a fairly active member at beginner triathlete and I regularly refer women over there to TE for safe environment in which to ask questions of a more feminine bent. I recognize this woman from BT and she is not a troll.

I wish I'd opened this post earlier (but seeing as how I have never had children, figured I couldn't offer advice) to offer support to a new TE member.

For the record - there are thousands and thousands of triathletes that participate for the experience and do not 'race'. I would expect that someone who is already following her doctor's advice about training this early on would fall into the 'participant' category when it came to race day.