I am nearly 26 weeks now and have just about stopped riding. I only ride on roads/paths anyway, so not quite as bumpy as yours (mind you, with traffic it's probably more dangerous).
I asked my OB about it when I realised I was starting to get puffed on the hills, and my heart rate was going over 140. She told me that was long as it was exercise I was used to doing from before I was pregnant, and as long as I remained comfortable and not getting too puffed, it would be fine to keep exercising at that rate.
Lately, I find that I have gotten too nervous about the risk of falling or being knocked off my bike. It's scary not so much because hurting the baby is likely but because worrying that you might have hurt the baby is awful (when I fell off my desk I worried for hours afterwards - not worth the stress). So I'm hardly riding at all now. But your experience may vary from this.
I'm in the same boat as you. As far as I am aware there is nothing wrong with the actual "RIDING", it's the falling off you need to worry about. So I have given the mountain biking a miss and just go for a ride around the local streets where there is little traffic.
The main reason I gave up mountain biking is because I know that when I don't feel confident, that is when I fall off. So being pregnant I would be worried and therefore fall off where I wouldn't normally.
Great to see that you are not letting yourself become an invalid whilst you are pregnant. Good on you!!!
Thanks to you all for your replies, I would miss my riding so much if I felt I needed to stop. Can't wait to get back to it properly once this bub is out! (not that i'll have heaps of time).
And Joey - i just wish everyone else would stop treating me like an invalid (sooooo frustrating) - my stupid MIL wouldn't let me push a trolley around Bunnings the other day, i was so furious. What do they think happens, that our arms and legs fall off or something...
Happy riding gals!
Lolly
Lolly, we're all still riding - not when the weather's too hot though for the dehydration factor.
There will probably be a point where you'll be forced to stop because your body just won't be able to do it anymore - lungs being squished etc.
Just make sure you take plenty of water and it sounds as though you've really backed off anyway. It's a good way of keeping some semblence of fitness under your belt - which will help in labour.
You can look forward (like us) buying one of those little carts that follow you everywhere. Ours has space for two littlies, so the new baby will have plenty of room when he/she is a fair bit older. Great family fun, to stop off by the river and watch birds, boats and anything else of interest passing by.
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