A few weeks back I went with my banking center to the Suncoast for a Bowling Tournament against Wells Fargo. It was a whole fundraiser thing that both banks participate in every year.
I bowled.
While closing up shop tonight, one of the newer girls told me not to squat down and lock stuff until I know how my body works, cause once I have a bigger belly, it could be really bad and I could miscarry.
... (me thinking, do I really need to be careful while I squat? All the pregnancy books I've been reading say that it's great exercise. I yell at Jason all the time for lifting with his back instead of knees, I try not to squat too much cause sometimes I get dizzy, and second of all... am I really that out of tune with my body???)
"I think I'll be ok."
"No, really. You don't want to miscarry cause you twisted wrong or fell."
"Ya, I know. Equilibrium's change and standing too fast can make me dizzy. I went bowling a week or so ago and most everyone was laughing at how horrible I was. But, I didn't miscarry."
"OMG! You went bowling?! Are you crazy? You could have had a miscarriage!"
"From bowling?"
"Yes! My aunt was playing badminton with me when I was 5 yrs old and she had a miscarriage."
"Wow... how are bowling and badminton the same thing? Badminton you are running back and forth, jumping up and down, reaching high, low and far. Bowling, you throw a ball down an alley."
"She reached up like this then grabbed her stomach. She then had a miscarriage."
"That's why I didn't play volleyball after I found out. Cause it wasn't in my daily routine. But thanks for being so concerned."
Does anyone else find this convo a little silly? Maybe Extreme Bowling is a little dangerous while bowling.
Thankfully I haven't had many people tell me not to do stuff. If every pregnant woman had to stop because one person had a miscarriage while doing a particular thing, I think we'd all just have to sit on our butts for the entire 9 months. I asked my doctor what stuff I should do and she said as long as I can talk during the activity, and I don't stress my body or baby...then I'm good. Guess what? I even played badminton over Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteMatt & I took a bowling class when I was pregnant with Gideon, and well, he's still around! But I wouldn't recommend things like horseback riding, jumping on trampolines, or skiing--those don't seem like good ideas.
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