PercyMum
Well-Known Member
Just after other peoples experiences/thoughts/HHO vibes and kicks-up-the-arse!!
I'm 6 months pregnant, it wasn't planned and I'm not exactly delighted about the whole thing but I'll make the best of it and I'm sure once he's arrived, it'll be great. I just wondered how other people felt if they had horses whilst pregnant? I really thought that I would be fit and healthy through the whole thing and ride my way through till the end, or until I got too big. However, I started off with a chest infection and post-viral fatigue, followed by turbo Morning Sickness (turned into the same thing the Duchess of Cambridge had and was really very poorly) but I still rode (badly); the poor horses came out of the school with vom on them more than a few times :S. Then I had really painful issues with my pelvis and my core muscles not 'giving way' for the baby. Again, I kept riding but was sensible. Midwife and Osteo all happy that I kept riding, as I also have spinal damage and riding keeps me mobile and relatively pain-free.
Now my stomach muscles are cramping badly when I ride - definitely a 'muscle' thing not a 'baby' thing but I have decided to stop riding, and now I feel utterly crap about myself and that I'm some kind of failure. I know I am probably being silly but I read H&H and hear about people hunting and doing dressage tests on their due date and just think I must be so rubbish and pathetic. I have the horses at home and am still mucking out and doing all the yard work, and lunging but its exhausting. This year was supposed to finally be 'my' year for competing, as both horses are tricky and took a long time to rehab after they were rescued/rehomed, so I guess I feel a bit seen off that I missed out as I was so ill. I know they can do next year instead but again, I feel like I have failed somehow.
I just wanted to be fit, active and healthy through my pregnancy but instead I feel tired, sore, in pain, miserable and like I'm letting the horses down. I do have a sharer who is fab so the horses are getting exercised at least 4 times a week (1-2 x hack/ride and lead, 2 school and 1-2 Lunge) so I know I am being ridiculous. I'm petrified of damage post-birth, especially as I have to play a charity polo match 9 weeks after my due date and I REALLY don't want to let the team down.
Oh gawd, I know I am being a whiney cow but did anyone else feel like this? What did you do to get over it?
I'm 6 months pregnant, it wasn't planned and I'm not exactly delighted about the whole thing but I'll make the best of it and I'm sure once he's arrived, it'll be great. I just wondered how other people felt if they had horses whilst pregnant? I really thought that I would be fit and healthy through the whole thing and ride my way through till the end, or until I got too big. However, I started off with a chest infection and post-viral fatigue, followed by turbo Morning Sickness (turned into the same thing the Duchess of Cambridge had and was really very poorly) but I still rode (badly); the poor horses came out of the school with vom on them more than a few times :S. Then I had really painful issues with my pelvis and my core muscles not 'giving way' for the baby. Again, I kept riding but was sensible. Midwife and Osteo all happy that I kept riding, as I also have spinal damage and riding keeps me mobile and relatively pain-free.
Now my stomach muscles are cramping badly when I ride - definitely a 'muscle' thing not a 'baby' thing but I have decided to stop riding, and now I feel utterly crap about myself and that I'm some kind of failure. I know I am probably being silly but I read H&H and hear about people hunting and doing dressage tests on their due date and just think I must be so rubbish and pathetic. I have the horses at home and am still mucking out and doing all the yard work, and lunging but its exhausting. This year was supposed to finally be 'my' year for competing, as both horses are tricky and took a long time to rehab after they were rescued/rehomed, so I guess I feel a bit seen off that I missed out as I was so ill. I know they can do next year instead but again, I feel like I have failed somehow.
I just wanted to be fit, active and healthy through my pregnancy but instead I feel tired, sore, in pain, miserable and like I'm letting the horses down. I do have a sharer who is fab so the horses are getting exercised at least 4 times a week (1-2 x hack/ride and lead, 2 school and 1-2 Lunge) so I know I am being ridiculous. I'm petrified of damage post-birth, especially as I have to play a charity polo match 9 weeks after my due date and I REALLY don't want to let the team down.
Oh gawd, I know I am being a whiney cow but did anyone else feel like this? What did you do to get over it?