My mother rode right up until the end. But she did note that she had many horses to choose from. So she avoided the spooks and the heavy heavy pullers. She also pretty much stopped jumping towards the end. It’s a good chance to work on your flat work or take some dressage lessons
Rode till the day I delivered. Labor was only 35 minutes. I do believe my Heidi is going to be a horsie girl. Loves that swing when she gets uptight–riding always quieted her down. Now her teeth are coming in and the dog ( a Rott) seems her only comfort–chews on her ears! 
I know this lady, actually I’ve really only met her once, she did the open jumpers when she was 6 months pregnant and she was riding a few weeks ago (at 7 months) and she fell off. I would assume she is a little crazy b/c she didn’t seem worried. She wuold probably still be riding but her trainer told her that she was not allowed to sit on a horse.
~Christina~
“I don’t patronize bunny rabbits!” -Heathers
Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.
Hey cfc, congrats!
As I mentioned at FPP on Sunday, I rode until Jan 1, and Chris was born Jan 16. (1992).
My doctor, said “No riding” and I said, “you’re a control freak a$$hole”. Umm…perhaps my hatred of my doctor was part of my problem w/ pregnancy 
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Well, I was sicker than a dog, had an immune-thing reaction going to being pregnant, had to go to oncologists and they were talking platelet transfusions in the end, but there was no shaking that kid loose, so I even did a hunter pace at 6 1/2 months (the hilltopper division w/ a little girl on a pony as my partner).
The ONLY thing that kept me sane was going out and riding my horse.
I think all those immune/blood issues also put me into the deepest depression I’ve ever experienced, I had post-partum ecstasy at not being pregnant anymore.
If you do continue to have spotting, then you might be advised to take it easy until the baby settles, if I’d had a doctor with a clue, I might have listened, but he had no clue, I had no spotting, just immune reactions.
I rode when pregnant with Sumo until the fourth month; in fact, we were in Ireland on a CCI vacation (riding four hours a day) when I discovered I was pregnant.
Didn’t see a doctor while pregnant but our midwives okayed the riding; if anything it was my riding instructor at the time who feared for my life and refused to stop teaching me at four months.
There may, in fact, be a correlation between riding and birthing a horse-crazed child – that and exposure to horses at a young age. Sumo attended his first horse show when he was six weeks old.
Congratulation, BTW. The first trimester’s always been the hardest for me (morning sickness, fatigue) - but if you feel healthy, the spotting ceases, do what you feel comfortable doing.
What if you break your arm or something and need surgery? Can be tricky during a pregnancy. YOu are very restricted in the drugs you can take, so any injury or illness to you can have far reaching repercussions.
Bawl - to cook something in water, liked bawled eggs.
