Cycling when Pregnant

[{sarah}]

Generally as a rule of thumb during pregnancy you can do whatever exercise you were doing prior to falling pregnant within reason. So if you had never ridden a bike in your life & were all of a sudden doing 5km then it'd be a problem. Seeing as you're a regular rider it should be ok to a point. Once you start to get bigger though your centre of gravity changes which will make you more susceptible to tipping your bike over & hurting yourself. You might be the best bike rider ever, but your balance is affected in pregnancy. I guess take it the same way as all things in pregnancy, be careful & know your limits.

[dusty]

hi lillipilli

my SIL rode up until about 7 1/2 months. she found it easier than walking to work, less pressure, and she didn't have to go on any roads. like you she rode before she was pg so it was fairly normal for her. i have other friends who rode until the end of their second trimester when it all started getting a little too uncomfortable (but then again so was doing most things for them).

most of them had bikes that were easy to get on and off and weren't large road bikes.

hope you have a H&H pg

dusty