When do you stop riding?
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So, your Wife is three weeks from her due date...
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Posted 4 months ago #
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The day after?
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i went riding the day my daughter was born. was there for her birth then both needed rest............. ride o'clock!
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Surely you ve done your part and really what good would you be at the birth
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You don't?
My other half knows I get grumpy without a bike ride, so I just carried on riding and all the other usual stuff. You're as likely to be an hour or two away with work or some other unplanned incident as you are with a bike ride.
If you take your phone with you, then you're contactable.
If its your (her) first then they're always late anyhow
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Stop riding now. You might go over your ankle or something which means you can't drive to the hospital and you'll all die.
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Don't let the riding slide. It's a slippery slope to get back on
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Surely you ve done your part and really what good would you be at the birth
This. Now both of you have hobbies.
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Just keep going. I did. I think I stopped on the day (2 weeks late) but started 2 days after again. Babies sleep a lot, you've got to do something!
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I have a mate who got the call to say his Mrs was going into hospital while out on a ride. He finished the spin, went for a drink after, and then went to the hospital, all in time.
You have about three weeks. Plus the first one will be late. Call it four weeks.
I assume you mean riding your bike....
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When SWMBO says so
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Got 'the' phone call when I was 25miles from home on a 70mile road ride. Three mates chain ganged us home in double quick time. I wouldn't recommend it as preparation for 'supporting' the 36 hour labour which followed.
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You are all largely saying what I did. Maybe it's how I said it...
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I turned up at the hospital for our first with a massive scab down my forearm thanks to falling off the day before. Much to my wife's annoyance at times I got more attention from the midwife than she did.
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I did a motorcycle track day the day before the birth of our first born. My wife was pretty relaxed about it, my mum less so.
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On a more serious note. IMU the due date is a best guess and the baby can come 2 weeks either side of that.
Good luck with it.
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Thankyou. It's no. 2 BTW and showing no signs of arriving any time soon.
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This brings back memories - I broke my leg coming up short on a jump 6 weeks before my first child was born, because I was 'taking it easy'... I'll not forget that phonecall from the hospital 'Hi dear, I'm fine, just a small problem, broken leg, can you come and pick me up?'
The midwives gave me hell in the theatre (as inevitably it turned into an emergency c-section) as I was in plaster, on crutches in theatre robes getting in the way, about my new responsibilities...
Back on the bike the day after the cast came off (which was co-incidently the same day mother and daughter came home
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Our first was 4 weeks early so that puts pay to the first always being late!
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Just be prepared for a quicker labour, it's easy to get caught out. Best of luck.
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Steve (well his partner Lorraine) on my team just popped this young fella out on Monday.
Personally I think I'd ask the mother of my child what she thought.
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You are all largely saying what I did.
Hands up to that. Once the baby arrived priorities changed dramatically. Given the chance again I woul be a tad less selfish but then hindsight over timing is easy.
If your wife is happy for you to, get out while you can but keep it local and as far as possible out of 'mobile dead spots'. Probably not the best time for attempting that '50:50' descent
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Three weeks to the due date? Thats the day my wife gave birth to our daughter.
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My missus was cool with me biking and as a few of you said just kept it local and nothing crazy. Best thing ever as most of us know whether it's your 1st or 5th. Good luck buddy
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A friend of mine was still cycling to and from work on the Friday - and gave birth on the Monday.
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You mean none of this then...
I'm never more than 30mins from home when riding. Oh well, maybe it will have all calmed down tomorrow.
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The evening our first was born, Judith did a (slow) lap of the Crewe BMX track.
Two weeks before the third one was due we were cycle camping in Brittany. Don't sweat it - nature is great at taking care of these things.
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Agree with the stay out of mobile dead spots, I was at CyB 6 weeks before our second and spent the whole time worrying because I didn't have a signal.
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Our first arrived two weeks early, so best be prepared...
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My son was born on a particularly sunny Saturday in May causing me to miss my club run. When nothing seemed to be happening I suggested I go out for a ride and then come back but the mid-wife told me off. My son ended up arriving early evening so a waste of a day really....
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Only 4% of babies come on the due date, and if the waters break plenty of time to make it back mid ride
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high 5 - we're due in approx the same timescale
When no 1 was born, I was out riding when waters broke though only locally so I was home in about 20-25 mins. induction was due the next day so I was getting a last ride in...
This time I'll still keep rides local.
Good luck!
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myself and another NCT class 'dad to be' are going out for potentially our last ride tomorrow night...4 weeks to go...
someone in our class popped over new years so were all bricking it now!
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Cheers folks!
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thinking that the first ones are always late, 2 weeks before my first was due, I went up to Kielder for the afternoon. 1 hour from home with no phone reception. All was well, but he did arrive 6 days early, in about 3 1/2 hours labour. Always been in a hurry and he hasn't stopped yet.
Next time, I may stay a bit closer to home when there's a month or so to go!
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