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Location: Weatherford, Texas | I am 17 weeks tomorrow and barely showing if at all. How long did everyone ride? And how long did you run? |
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Location: Oklahoma | I am 18 weeks. I haven't ridden at all. It's not worth the risk in my opinion. |
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Location: KS | Im 21 weeks, have not rode at all. I had in my head I would ride until I was uncomfortable, but was asked than told to please not ride by my OB at first appointment (10 wks). Not worth the risk of a child for 40 wks of not riding out of your life.
Congrats on the baby! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I rode till my belly was hitting my saddle horn, and was back in the saddle a week after. |
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Location: Missouri | I quit running as soon as I found out, both times. Was actually legging my horse back up for this season when I found out this time around. My mare gets another year off! As for just regular riding, with my first, I rode til 18 weeks. Very light riding. About that time I went to lope off and noticed my balance had changed. Stayed out of the saddle after that. This time around (19 weeks now) quit around 6 weeks as I got hit with pretty icky nausea and just didn't feel up to it. By the time I felt better, it had been so long since I rode I just said forget it. |
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| I was 21 or 22 weeks when I stopped. My midwife told me that it was okay since I am active and always ride. She told me I'd know when to quit. When I found out I was pregnant I was selective of which horses I rode. I quit riding my stallion and any young horses. I continued to compete on two finished horses that were very good about handling any ground condition. I planned to ride until 25-26ish weeks but when I found out I was having a girl I decided to make my last run that weekend. Not sure why, but it started to feel more "real" to me. My pregnancy has been incredibly easy so maybe that's why. I thought id ride down the road or trail still, but I got busy and the weather hasn't been super great. |
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Location: KS | I rode up to 4 months. |
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| I competed at barrel races until 5 months. Kept riding and would occasionally breeze my horse through at 6 months. I was not showing much during that time. |
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| I'm 29weeks and haven't rode since about 8 weeks pregnant just not worth the risk as anything can happen on the most gentle of horses. It's really a personal decision for you and your husband. Could you live with it if something was to happen? 40 weeks really isn't that long and chances are your horses could probably use a break anyways if you compete on them regularly :) |
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| Stopped riding after I found out. The risk isn't worth it. My husband will ride my horse once a week just to get him out and about. |
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| Trust your gut. I rode until it was no longer comfortable for me. I breakaway roped until 27 weeks, but for some reason, I didn't feel comfortable running barrels at all, even though I've done it my whole life and ride everyday. It's a personal choice.
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Location: Kansas | I lightly rode up until I was 39 weeks pregnant, but I had a dead head for a horse.
Would I do it again? No, definitely not.
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| SpaceCowboy - 2016-04-21 11:42 AM Trust your gut. I rode until it was no longer comfortable for me. I breakaway roped until 27 weeks, but for some reason, I didn't feel comfortable running barrels at all, even though I've done it my whole life and ride everyday. It's a personal choice.
Agree! I have 3 daughters and with each one I felt differently. My first I rode up until 5 months. My next two I only rode a month or so. Always trust your gut like SpaceCowboy said and do what you feel comfortable with. |
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Location: North Dakota | I'm currently 33 weeks, and it just so happens that I pretty much did not ride at all during my pregnancy except twice (I think).
My young horse got hurt in June last year so he got the rest of the year off. My finished horse got hurt in August ..... which was pretty much about the exact same time that I become pregnant. He needed 2 months stall rest and bandaging, and then I ended up taking him to my folk's place for the winter.
I rode my finished horse a couple times out on the trail last fall with my mom and her horse when I would go to visit. I could have ridden a bit this spring, but the ground was at that weird stage where the top layer was mud/slick on top of a frozen layer of ground. I trust my horse and he's a good boy, but I chose NOT to ride just because of the risk of him slipping.
My belly is at the point where it would totally interfere with my saddle horn so I've just accepted that I won't get to ride for a while. Had things been different last fall/winter, I absolutely would have kept riding. Am I going to climb onto an unfamiliar colt that could buck me off? Absolutely not. But my horses are trustworthy and I know them like the back of my hand, so I would have trusted them to carry me until my belly got too big.
Ultimately, it is up to you on if you think it is worth the risk. Listen to your body, and listen to your gut instinct. And probably consult with the "daddy". :-) Don't want to leave them out!!
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| Southtxponygirl - 2016-04-20 1:47 PM
I rode till my belly was hitting my saddle horn, and was back in the saddle a week after.
Me too...except I didn't ride for about 3 weeks after having my son. I ran my mare until about 7 months (when belly started hitting the saddle horn) and rode my colt until I was too fat to get on from the ground without pulling him over. LOL |
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Location: Stuck in a cubicle having tropical thoughts | My first baby, our daughter, was stillborn 3 weeks before her due date. The reason we were given was that she must have had a cord accident. I didn't ride at all because I'd stopped riding due to winter and got pregnant then. She was a surprise. I thought I would still ride lightly but that winter was one of the coldest ever in my life, we were busy selling our house "for sale by owner", buying a new house and moving, so I didn't really have the time, plus I found I was extremely sick and exhausted through the first half of the pregnancy. By the time I felt better, my belly was getting big and we were still working on getting moved. After that experience and learning how frequent people have miscarriages and stillborns, I promised myself if I'm ever blessed enough to be pregnant again, I won't ride. I was riding pretty consistently last fall and found out Thanksgiving weekend I was pregnant again. I haven't ridden since. Obviously my circumstances are different and I hope nobody has to go through what we have, but we're terrified. My husband won't even let me dump the wheelbarrow at the manure pile. I'm not allowed to mow, carry buckets, dump grain, etc. Heck, today I had about 2 loads worth of clean laundry in a basket to carry upstairs and he told me it was to heavy and he'd carry it.
So now when I see people riding while pregnant, I just want to shake them and pound it into their head what they are risking. All it takes is one little slip, stumble, trip or spook to twist you, toss you, throw you etc, that you could rip or tear something. Even the oldest, most dead head of a horse could have something happen. It's just not worth riding a 1000lb animal with it's own brain to risk your babies life. Don't get me wrong, I seriously miss riding. I turned the webcast on a few weeks ago for a race in our state and I was in tears becuase I miss it, but I know that getting this peanut here healthy and alive is the most improtant job I have right now. Enjoy it and don't wish it to be over any quicker than needed. If it ever gets taken away from you, you'd want nothing but to be pregnant again. |
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| I rode pretty much throughout my pregnancy but at 32 weeks I did not do much except lope some circles. I was back riding a week after giving birth. My balance n core muscles are a work in progress 6 weeks after birth yet. My doc never told me I was on restrictions and I had a fairly easily pregnancy too. |
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Location: Lone Star State | I only rode one time during my pregnancy. It was on a "safe" horse in his own pasture he was used to. Within 5 minutes, I rode up on a chicken snake that luckily my horse didn't see. We did a quick rollback and I got off asap. Never again. |
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Location: White Mountains of AZ | I stopped pretty much once I found out. It helped the weather was really nasty. I did go on a trail ride when I was about 10 weeks or so ( not showing at all ) but to scared of the "what ifs". Even though I trust both my horses completely, you never know. 9 months go by fast, ( I'm almost 36 weeks now ) |
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Location: The South | I ran until I was 4 months (in secret because I told my hubby I'd stop at 3.. haha). Doc had no problems with me doing whatever I had been doing. I trail rode until a week before delivery. Loping was very uncomfortable after the 4 month mark for me.
I had a pretty bad tear, so I didn't ride again until doctors cleared me at 6 weeks post-delivery. |
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| With my first I rode for five months but stopped competing at 3 months. I had a lot of complications with my first delivery and recovery, not because I rode, just because it happens sometimes.
With my second, I rode and competed for four months. My balance started changing and I didn't want to take a chance of getting the baby or myself hurt or inadvertently teaching my colts bad habits as they tried to compensate for my ever changing center of gravity.
The best thing I ever did was give my horses maternity leave. They came back stronger and sharper than before.
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | Tn_Barrelracer - 2016-04-21 8:09 AM I'm 29weeks and haven't rode since about 8 weeks pregnant just not worth the risk as anything can happen on the most gentle of horses. It's really a personal decision for you and your husband. Could you live with it if something was to happen? 40 weeks really isn't that long and chances are your horses could probably use a break anyways if you compete on them regularly :)
...what this girl said......in one hand, your child...in the other, the joy of riding for another what, 2 months? Weigh your decision carefully. Horses spook all the time or buck for unknown reasons. Is it worth it to risk the life of your child? With my first baby, I rode till I was about 10 weeks; however, first pregnancy, you have no comprehenion how precious that tiny life will become to you...my second child, I understood that; I stopped riding the day I knew I was pregnant. It's just safer...accidents happen. Please choose wisely. And congratulations!!! |
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Location: Okemah,OK | I rode at the house until about 5 months. Quit a little sooner than my body was telling me to because ground stayed muddy for a few weeks. So I just went ahead and stayed off. I only rode my two older geldings, trotting and loping circles to keep us all in shape. No colts or barrels. I did fine, had an easy pregnancy and delivery. But...... She's my first and only child and knowing what I know now (as far as all the things that can go wrong before, during and after pregnancy) & actually REALLY coming to know how blessed we are and how precious she is, I wouldn't ride again if I were pregnant. 99% of the time, everybody comes thru fine.... But once you have that baby, your whole mindset will change. Only you can decide and no hypocritical judgements from me either way.... But no, I wouldn't do it again. |
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