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?

OP I think you absolutely have to give up now. Do not get on a trampoline again until after you have had your baby.

The reason for this is not that you may hurt your baby, pull your ligaments, hurt your knees etc.

It is that you will NOT be insured if you have any trampolining accident at all. If you slightly misjudged a jump and land awkwardly and break your legs/neck/back/arm your insurance will not pay out because one of the major get out clauses for insurance is pregnancy. If you damage yourself but the baby is absolutely fine they will not pay out.

So if you want to do the high risk activity and risk your baby because you feel fine, then don't forget you are not covered by insurance and if you bounce off the trampoline onto one of the people around the side, who catch you if you fall, and you hurt them, then they won't be covered either.

This is why wherever you go, funfairs, adventure parks etc, say: no pregnant women.

I rode my share horse until 37 weeks when the bump got too big, and did horseback archery at 20 weeks. I also ran to 27 weeks but the pelvic floor pressure got too much for me.
I spoke to my midwife and she was ok with it. I think you know your own body and your own attitude to risk - for example I avoided certain situations like riding on windy days because it made the horse more spooky, and if I ever felt remotely uncomfortable I just got straight off rather than trying to work through it. Everyone is different and what’s fine for you won’t be for someone else.
Personally I wouldn’t do trampolining but then last time I tried I hurt my leg and spent a week on crutches, so it’s probably riskier for me than it is for you.

I don't have private health insurance. That's what the NHS is for?!

OP The trampoline club where you jump has to have insurance. The NHS is just to repair the injuries, they won't pay out X thousand when you land on someone and break their neck.

There is no way you are a member of a trampolining club without having insurance..? Not medical insurance, but the fee you have to pay annually? My preschooler isn’t allowed to go to gymnastics class without it, so I’d be gobsmacked if you were allowed to compete, at any sort of level, in a non-cowboy club, without insurance?!

I didn't even know I was pregnant until nine and a half weeks so I definitely did things that I probably shouldn't, DHs mother recently discussed she rode her horse daily until she was eight months! I'm not advocating these things it's probably not sensible, you can call the midwife team for advice if you don't want to book a gp appointment, they're likely to tell you to stop. It probably would cause difficulties for the team and venue should you have an accident and I'd imagine they wouldn't be very happy with you do you might burn bridges there and I'm sure you don't want for that to happen.

Fortheloveofscience

I was black belt 2nd dan when I got pregnant. I'd planned to carry on and just avoid falls and punches/kicks to the stomach.

As it was, even in the 2WW I was really paranoid about being hit (and obviously couldn't tell anyone we were TTCing) and then from 5 weeks I was too sick to go back...and that lasted the whole pregnancy.

I'd wait and see to be honest. You may feel great and carry on with ajustments. You may be like me and be sick at the slightest physical effort.

On the plus side, those stomach muscles meant my stomach pinged back flat within days of giving birth not with DS2 though

Oh yeah I suppose my membership has some kind of insurance but if never really thought about insurance tbh. The nhs is there if I got hurt.
I'll speak to my coach

If you fall and hurt yourself, or God forbid randomly miscarry, how will you feel? Is there a chance you'd blame yourself or the trampolining? If so, I'd rethink.

10 years ago the advice on trampolines that I was told when pregnant was not to do it as it can apperntly detach the placenta. Whether that's true or not? Mabye a quick Google?

Thinlizzy Google is where I started bit this seems to be risk much later in pregnancy. The placenta isn't even developed at this stage I don't think

There was also a thread recently where the OP went on a charity adventure holiday for 3 weeks ish. She was 9 weeks or so pregnant but didn't tell anyone and the holiday was terrible. She tried to claim on her insurance for the bad holiday and the Insurance Company said her insurance was invalidated because she was pregnant and she had put all the other holiday members in danger.

She was outraged, because nobody knew she was pregnant and the thing she was claiming about was nothing to do with pregnancy but the Insurance threw her claim out simply because she was pregnant.

The opinion on mumsnet is always very risk averse. It is for each of us to make our own minds up , having assessed the risk ourselves. OP is never going to get a "yes - go ahead " from us, or from any medical practitioner.

It's not medical insurance - it is insurance from British Gymnastics for you and your club so if you're injured the club is covered. Don't you have a BG Silver membership at least, if you're competing? That includes insurance.

I know I could compete at NDP 2 or 3, but I don't want to! I like learning the moves for the sake of it and I'm really nervous even at our Club Championships, never mind in an actual real competition!

Have you thought about doing the coaching or judging courses to keep your connection with the sport even while pregnant? I did the Club judge course recently (still waiting to hear if I've passed or not) and it was really good - made me focus on a lot of things I'd been doing lazily not really realising that they would lose me marks in a competition.

I still went horse riding until the bumps were too big. Each to their own in this regard.

OP would your forgive yourself if you had a miscarriage? Would you wonder if only I hadn't...

I get the not feeling pregnant. I cancelled a once in a lifetime trip because I found out I was 6 weeks pregnant and I knew I would always blame myself. Ironically didn't go, did everything right and DS was born critically ill with a Congenital defect l. Totally unrelated but Jesus if I'd gone I'd have been convinced forever that that had caused it.

You have to weigh up the risk to the baby and your mental health if the worst happens vs the consequences of finishing a few weeks early

Agree with sleepstandingup

There is no guarantee the pregnancy will be uncomplicated (or continue).

If there are complications or pregnancy loss, would you forever wonder if it were due to the trampoline??

OP you definitely need to have a chat with your instructor. They might say you need to quit ASAP or they might be able to suggest a safer way to continue. You never know until you speak to them. On the other hand I am very jealous of you feeling so good in pregnancy. I was meant to start pregnancy Pilates and I even had to cancel that as I am so sick and miserable. You are obviously very fit and enjoy exercise so you should try find something else you can do during your pregnancy.

I suspect you will feel the changes to your balance quite early ... also you will be aware which might affect your commitment to movements and make them more risky. I rode (flat) to about 16 weeks when I could no longer position my pelvis where I wanted it but stopped jumping much earlier as I was riding half arsed at the fences making problems more likely!

OP I’m a gym bunny and would continue exercising with most sports but you’d be bloody stupid to do trampolining when pregnant. There’s a reason fairgrounds don’t want pregnant women on rides.

Update: I have spoken with my head coach. (Who is more senior and less likely to open her mouth than my usual coach) She says long as I feel ok and I'm happy then I can continue during first trimester. if I start to feel unwell or my balance is off then Ill stop otherwise as long as I'm happy and comfortable then I can carry on into Christmas. So thanks everyone for your suggestions, advice (judgements!).

If you don’t like judgemental comments, tbh, run awaaaaaay from AIBU op . You’ll always get them on here.

Glad you finally spoke to someone who (hopefully) knows what they’re talking about.

Bizarre. Asking the head coach would have been the first thing I would have done as a competitive sports woman, rather than a bunch of vipers randoms on the internet.

All the best for your pregnancy.

I know I was just interested in people's thoughts really.

Okkkaaaaaay. I hope you don't regret it.