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LotteBum Wrote: With only 6 weeks to go, I'm getting more and more desperate to get back on my bikes. Does anyone here know how soon after birth one is able to get back on bikes and ride? Even if it's just short rides, I'm really keen to get back on the bike as soon as I pop.... Hope to get some answers here as Google hasn't really helped me at all.. Cheers, Lotte LotteBum, My wife had twins, and I was back on my bike later that afternoon. Hope this helps. cheers, Monsterman -- monsterman |
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On Jan 29, 8:57 pm, monsterman monsterman.33y...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com wrote: LotteBum Wrote: With only 6 weeks to go, I'm getting more and more desperate to get back on my bikes. Does anyone here know how soon after birth one is able to get back on bikes and ride? Even if it's just short rides, I'm really keen to get back on the bike as soon as I pop.... Hope to get some answers here as Google hasn't really helped me at all.. Cheers, Lotte LotteBum, My wife had twins, and I was back on my bike later that afternoon. Hope this helps. If you'd spent more time on it in the first place she might not have got herself into that condition! Graeme |
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"LotteBum" wrote in message
... With only 6 weeks to go, I'm getting more and more desperate to get back on my bikes. Does anyone here know how soon after birth one is able to get back on bikes and ride? Even if it's just short rides, I'm really keen to get back on the bike as soon as I pop.... Hope to get some answers here as Google hasn't really helped me at all.. Cheers, Lotte Hey Lotte, Suz says over my shoulder "riding the bike put less pressure on my pelvis than walking. The vibration of walking was not umm comfortable And sorry to get gross but you probably won't have any pelvic floor muscle control for a while. I did a crit two weeks after a difficult delivery...fat wobbles and all but I found any slight rise (col de nundah) and I was walking instead of riding. You will be awake at 4am anyway why not go riding and leave bubba with Paulie, sleep when the baby sleeps!!! Hope it comes quickly and commit this phrase to memory 'I would like an epidural NOW please'. And *apparently* women come back stronger after childbirth. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. GO GIRL!!! " |
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Thanks for the great advice everyone, especially MM. What has been said on here makes me wonder (even more) why some women opt for elective ceasars when clearly they're worse in the medium term. The thought of a caesar scares the wits out of me.... I think what I might do is keep a diary about my physical recovery once Peanut is evicted - otherwise I'm sure I'll forget all about it all! Lotte -- LotteBum |
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LotteBum wrote:
What has been said on here makes me wonder (even more) why some women opt for elective ceasars when clearly they're worse in the medium term. The thought of a caesar scares the wits out of me.... Well, my wife's caesar was an emergency after number 1 son gave an indication of things to come and showed his recalcitrant behaviour in the womb! My wife's preference was au naturale but sometimes things don't go to plan. Number two was a little more well behaved though... and has been ever since! Funny how birth experiences seem to be an indicator of how things will turn out in the future. :-) The important thing Lotte is that if you are still thinking about bike riding after bub arrives then everything else must be going well!! Bean |
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Exercise is good for PND. Lack of sleep caused by a newborn baby is bad for PND. Take every chance you can to get some sleep. Definitely get some exercise, initially by pushing a heavy pram around (baby isn't heavy, it's the nappy change bag etc. that is heavy), then cycling when you want to put some distance between you and the baby. Avoid the car driving while you are chronically short on sleep. One of the people in our ante-natal class said she took out her hearing aids when she went to bed. That way she got more sleep at night, and her husband woke up to settle the baby. -- ghostgum |
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There is no medical reason not to get straight back on after a normal delivery (unless blood loss is more than usual), but your undercarriage will be the limiting factor. My partner wouldn't have dreamed of riding within 2 months of the delivery, due to a recovering tear. There may be a heavy discharge of lochia for longer than you expect. Sleep deprivation can be pretty extreme. -- artemidorus |
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I dont know about that Lotte - I had 2 Caesars, Neither was elective. After
30hrs labour with the first a caesar was the ONLY option and I was back on my feet within a couple of weeks. I can remember seeing the new mums who had delivered the usual way walking quite bowlegged LOL at least I could walk with my legs together!!!! First Caesar was a classical scar and it healed quickly. Second time around a failed natural ended the same way and once again I watched the naturals walking bowlegged. Who knows what is the best way and how long the recovery is - we are all indeed different. (mind you all this was 24 yrs ago so times might have changed) A few years ago I had an awful abdominal surgery complete with blood transfusions etc and was doing a 10 day hike in the wilds of North Qld within 6 weeks carrying up to 20kgs so really I think anything is possible. Dont let anyone tell you what you feel you are capable of - just do it I rekon the main thing is that if you have a partner who is willing to watch Peanuts while you go for a ride then you go sister! Kathy. |
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:46:22 -0800, tim wrote:
[1] BITALA And here I thought it was going to be either [1] BILLAV or [1] BIKWIL BTW have you managed to either wheely or bunnyhop a bakfiets yet? (PS Anyone in Sydney with a recumbent and a sense of humour feel like letting Kanangara and me try something a little silly?) -- Dave Hughes - If you drink Real beer, you become horizontal... so, if you drink Imaginary beer, you become vertical... -- Thorfinn |
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Lots of good advice coming through. Thanks heaps to you all. Just wanted to clear one thing up though - I wasn't in any way having a go at anyone who had a caesar, rather I was wondering why anyone would have an -_elective_- caesar because the recovery time seems to generally speaking be a lot worse. Oh, and I'm scared of operations. I'm not one of those people who thinks every child should be born naturally at all, and if a woman wants a caesar then go for it. But I'm scared of them - really, truly petrified. If a caesar is my best option, I'll go with it... as a matter of fact, if my mother had been given a caesar when I was born, I wouldn't be wearing hearing aids now. So please, anyone I offended, I apologise - it was not intended that way at all. On that note, that's great advice about turning hearing aids off at night - I already do that and can't hear squat without them! We're yet to test out the ultra baby monitor we bought and I have a feeling I may not even hear that. How blissfully convenient. Poor Paulie. Gotta run - bladder breakdancing in progress. Lotte -- LotteBum |
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