Should you ride a bike if you are pregnant?

[Whosthedaddy]

Just a hypothetical question of course.
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[Paivi]

Depends on the woman. If she doesn't have a licence, she shouldn't.

There probably will be a time when it's physically impossible or at least uncomfortable to do so, but until then, I don't see why she should quit.
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[colin1]

because she is putting her baby at risk

her choice, but, theres little doubt there is risk there

women can lose a baby after a fall
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[Nixon]

Can't see why not!

by the same hypothesis then should she stop driving or going shopping or cooking? of course not - how would we get fed??

[Paddy Blake]

It would be more dangerous for her to be on the back seat really.
My ex was on the back and I had to be very careful changing gears and
when braking in case she would be forced forward and cause pressure
on the baby.
I don't think it would be a good idea for a heavily pregnant woman to
ride or be on a bike.

Paddy.

[Skudd]

Don't ride a bike while getting pregnant.
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[Ariel Badger]

My liberal pro feminist principles say yes but the idea of a girl in her eighth month on a sports bike in mid winter makes my heart say no.
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[Type_Mo]

why not. she can ride herself to the hospital then
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[shellshock]

Personally, absolutely not, the risks of riding greatly outweigh those of driving and yes, surprisingly cooking

If I had riden whilst pregnant, had an off, and we are talking a minor off, the outcome could have been devastating, not something I could live with myself.

Then again my instructor rode up till 8 months gone, personal choice.

[bonehead]

I think it would be irresponsible and not worth the risk.
Should i snort a line whilst pregnant? I witnessed this, made me sick.

[Polarbear]

The mum has a resposibility for another life, leave it up to her.

I'm sure they will be more responsible that any Dad
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[kitty kat]

Personally if I was pregnant I would ride the bike for a couple of months but then at about 3 months I would give up biking and would probably sell the bike as you can't really take a new born baby on a bike.
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[thegubner]

[Mudskipper]

I don't think a pregnant woman should ride a bike. I most certainly wouldn't.

It's similar to the reason for the advice a midwife gives you not to ride horses when preggers - because of the risk of falling from a height.

With a bike, if in an accident there is a high chance of internal abdominal injuries. The foetus wouldn't stand a chance.

It's not just heavily pregnant where there's risk - the first 3 months of pregnancy (often before even showing) are vital, many miscarriages happen in that time.

There is immense intricate development going on in there the first few months, and a hard fall then can be devastating.

Out of interest, do any of the posters who don't see a problem with it, have kids themselves?
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[JonB]

I don't think they should.

They are carrying a human being in their punch bag, if they crash they could kill both.
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[Scotch Bonnet]

ultimately, when you weigh up any risk, it's a question of balancing likelihood of badness against degree of badness, and being pregnant puts the 'degree of badness' side of the equation a fair bit beyond what most would consider reasonable.
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[MoshizZ]

LOL

Posted by 'Whosthedaddy' =D If your the daddy then no, if your not then yea
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[thegubner]

I dont think its the biking that "has" to be dangerous.

But you cannot deny that a pregnant woman is taking a greater risk with the baby when on a bike than in a car.

That is obvious.

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[Fawbish]

It would be obvious if it was true, but i dont think its true.

I dont think one outweighs the other, I think that every individual situation is different, no matter what the hell youre driving/riding.

A big metal box around you will make it safe in some situations, but so does common sense and a little forward thinking/planning.


Anyways, back off the tangent, back to subject.

I really dont know what to think, Id say it would be completely upto the woman in question.


EDIT: Snap, G
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[Fisty]

My ex rode on the back of my bike twice while pregnant. 2 days later she miscarried.

I cant help but thing that riding on the bike had something to do with it.

Tom
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[G]

In my experience, riding on the back of a bike you get a lot more forces transmitting vertically through than you do as the rider, where the suspension is designed to work for you much better.