RC: RE: Riding Pregnant

[Lynette Helgeson <helgeson@lansford.ndak.net>]

Hmmmm..... I have had 5 pregnancies. with 4 of those I rode
horse 
until I could not sit in the saddle anymore and one of those 
pregnancies I carried twins. On the 5th pregnancy I never got on
a horse and I miscarried. It seems to me that I was better off
riding will pregnant. Having a miscarriage is hell!!

Also I was told by my doctor during my pregnancies that I was
better
off to be riding. He said it was good exercise for me, since I
was
use to it and that the baby was well protected by fluid and my
body. 
Do pregnant women avoid stairs because they might fall and
miscarry?
I don't think so. 

Lynette

BMcCrary27@aol.com wrote:
> 
 My doctor at the time told
> me, "If God wanted you to ride a horse, He would have built one in".  I
> interpreted that to mean He would have made the horse an integal part of my
> body.  I was a dutiful patient and did what he said, which was NO riding.
> Now I have never been enthralled with the procedure, only with the results.
> 
> Anyway, I would concur with the posts that recommend staying off of horses
> until after the birth.  For the same reason we wear helmets .... accidents
> can happen at any time to anyone, even on the safest horses.
> 
> Barbara
> 
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