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Congratulations!

I just had a baby, and while my MW was very laid back and realistic about the my almost everything (sushi, traveling, etc) she also felt pretty strongly about me not overdoing the excercise. She gave me a max HR of 135. I gave up riding around 5 months because I was more concerned about falling, and it wasn't really very comfortable. I did remain really active throughout. yard work, gardening, etc.

You may find in a month or two that the HR restriction doesn't really bother you that much. I thought it was rediculous at first, but once I hit about three months, it was no concern. 130-145 was as high as I could do comfortably anyway.