Not to quit in my first trimester

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Please don't slam me. I'm 7 weeks pregnant. I've known for a couple of weeks. Once a week I do trampolining, not on a kids one in the garden I mean proper gymnastic style with a coach. Aibu to keep it up until I get a bump which will alter my balance, so probably about Christmas when I'm 12ish weeks. It's the only exercise I do, I'm not doing any stomach landings and I'm competition level so I know what I'm doing and therefore unlikely to have serious fall (there's always a risk). My coach doent know because He's got a big mouth and would tell everyone but I'm taking it easy but I'm just not ready to give up yet plus quiting will 'out' me. I did my last competition a couple of weeks ago and won't be entering anymore. Guidelines say you shouldn't do things that risk a fall but I think I'm more likely to fall over my shoe laces. Is there anything dangerous about jumping? I feel totally fine when I do it, in fact I feel more well then than the rest of the day. Aibu?

Your ligaments will start to relax very, very soon. You will be 10x more flexible but also not be able to control your range of motion as you normally can for safe landings, OP.

You aren't looking for medical advice and instead wand to base your decision on what random strangers on the internet think?

And as for the GP not having any more info available to her/him - it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that the public NHS website with patient level information might not be quite as technical and detailed as the data available to the MD who has completed a decade of training in order to become fully qualified...

"The centre signs about not jumping when pregnant are there for a reason"

There are no signs where I go. No one professional had indicated i shouldn't.

Whose gp answers the phone??? Where do your guys live that you can speak to them? Book an appointment after calling 35 tines bang on 8am and wait a week round here. Never been able to 'Just phone them'.

Not thought of the ligaments thing that's useful... thank you for offering something constructive

From what you are saying you want to hear it’s ok to continue but you aren’t really getting what you want to hear. Not seeing a midwife until 10 weeks? Make a GP appointment!! Personally, I would stop. It’s not worth the risk.

You ring the receptionist and ask for a call back from your doc. People do it all the time

Or just give the mw a ring?

I'm not really asking for medical advice more interested in what others would do really. I've looked on all the NHS info and its vague. It says avoid high risk activity where your might fall but it's not specific about when it what and I doubt it i saw the gp he would actually have anymore information to base his advice on

If you think your GP won’t know anything then what’s the point of asking here? It’s not like you are going to find dozens of pregnant trampolinists who can tell you what they did.

What did you do in your last pregnancy ?

What do other trampolinist do?

What do acro gymnasts do ? Have you check with BG?

Why would a small bump affect your balance ? It’s more likely that a bump will affect your ability to tuck and twist during somersaults.

You seem very confident that you won’t fall or land badly , I don’t know many people who compete at a high level who can say this.

And I’ve never heard a trampolinist use the phrase “ stomach landings”.

Cutting back on your training or stopping for a few months won’t out you as pregnant, don’t be ridiculous. Gymnasts stop all the time for injury.

And if you can’t trust your coach with your personal information then you need a new coach. Presumably he’s registered with British Gymnastics - check their rules on confidentiality .

If you want to know what other people would do, the short answer is that I would stop trampolining now.

I did some mildly inadvisable things while p/g (a long time ago), but I think there's so much that can go wrong with a pregnancy, I think it's a mistake to do something when you know that it could (not 'will', but 'could') cause a problem. The chances are you and your baby would be absolutely fine. But what if you weren't?

If you fall over your shoe-laces, that's bad luck. But you couldn't blame yourself if it led to a problem with your pregnancy. Choosing to continue with a potentially risky activity is different.

I would bet anything that any disclaimer or legal information you ever reviewed or OKed specifically said that pregnant women should not jump. If you're going to say you never signed any kind of disclaimer, well, stop going to that centre immediately because they're cowboys.

Trampolining is high risk. I would (and did) happily carry on the large majority of forms of exercise but you are very very likely to hurt yourself trampolining pregnant.

Is there a British Trampolining Association or similar who you could contact for advice? They must have come across this before and may have Dr's etc used to dealing with high level trampolinists (is that even a word?) I'd contact them. Doubt a gp would be specialist enough to have experience with this.

Read the room. People are saying the wouldn't continue. How selfish and irresponsible of you.

Your attitude is fucking weird. Why on earth would you not ask your GP? The safety of the baby comes first, surely?

I run. My GP said it was fine for me to continue, as I'm fit and that's what my body is used to doing. And I did until 6 months with each of my children. Trampolining? You need to check this with a professional and stop making excuses because you think the GP won't tell you what you want to here. None of us know if it's safe for you.

OP, you call reception and ask for a phone consultation. You'll get a time slot when the gp will call "between 10-11" or whatever. It's pretty straightforward.

Lizs, she won't have a midwife yet.

There will be a mw team available though, even if not yet booked in.

If anything happened, then you might regret it for the rest of your life.

Who cares about your coach or people on the internet or anyone else, this is your baby.

I know it's a big adjustment, but take a week or two off, say your leg is hurting you and in that time, get in touch with your hospital or gp, ask them for medical advice and take it.

Good luck.

I do (did) a few extreme sports and immediately stopped as soon as I found out I was pregnant. I know that the chance of me having a bad fall or something happening during the sport that would cause me to lose my baby are very small, BUT my unborn child is precious to me and so any risk was too much risk for me. I am passionate about the sports that I do, and it has been hard to sit at the side watching rather than taking part, but I am so lucky to be pregnant that I would never chance it. Do other things instead...yoga, swimming etc etc. Listen to the women on here!!!!

I think a good general rule for pregnancy (and indeed child rearing) is, if you’re not sure, don’t do it until you can be sure. There’s to much at stake to make a bad choice.

As for being ‘outed’ if you quit, does it really matter? Just say ‘I’m not able to make it for the next few weeks due to other commitments.’ If the GP/MW gives the go ahead then go back.

What did you do in your last pregnancy ?
I wasn't trampolining then

What do other trampolinist do?
I don't know any who've got pregnant

What do acro gymnasts do ? Have you check with BG?
That's a good idea

Why would a small bump affect your balance ? It’s more likely that a bump will affect your ability to tuck and twist during somersaults.
Bumps change you're centre of gravity

And I’ve never heard a trampolinist use the phrase “ stomach landings”.
I want sure people would know what a front drop was...

Zack no I've never signed anything, it's coaching at a gymnastics centre. They're not cowboys my coach is a professional but your don't sign anything when you take up a sport?!

BTS is good call. Thanks. I'm not sure why I'm 'fucking wierd' for not spending an hour in the phone trying to get through to my gp surgery. I was just asking for thoughts. Sooner people make good points, others as expect just want to lynch me

I wouldn't.

OP, I trained / did competitions for years too. Never had an injury from doing anything complex but did break two bone doing something completely simple I’d done a thousand times before because I was but under the weather and lost my focus for a second.

Even if you’re not doing front drops, almost every move puts strain on your pelvis - it’s such a high impact sport I would personally stop sooner rather than later.

I had major issues with the hormone r

Sorry... relaxin as I was having twins. My pelvis started pulling apart and I couldn’t even separate my legs. The thought of straddle jumps while pregnant makes me feel queasy!

I really wouldn’t.

Thanks sinkgirl.
Coming to the conclusion I might need to stop soon. :(
It's hard yup give up something your love and the friend that go with it etc etc. I guess it's only a year

I wouldn’t as from now on your uterus starts moving up from out of our pelvis (where it is very safe and protected) plus your relaxin is going to start making your ligaments looser and I don’t think the landings will do you any favours in the long run

Also I was violently ill in first trimester so would not have considered it

In any event I certainly wouldn’t do it if you had to keep it a secret - it’s geenrally not a good idea to keep secrets about your physical condition when you’re doing athletic exercise. If your coach would say blanket no then maybe consider talking through with him WHY (and arming yourself with some real facts about risk before you talk to him).

I wouldn't trampoline, I wouldn't take the risk.

However I did carry on martial arts with my last pregnancy (with midwife blessing) until sickness and fatigue put an end to it