Any other brass players out there?

[aroha77]

hiya,
i play the trumpet and have only just felt well enough (at 20 weeks) to go back to the band i play in once a week.
while i was playing tonight it occurred to be that it involves quite a bit of abdo/diaphragm squeezing which might not be a particularly good thing to be doing??
any opinions/advice/experience?
thanks!

Hi, I've just come back from band rehearsal tonight ( Bari sax). I was wondering too. I don't think there will be an issue but i will mention it to the nurse when I go for a scan next week. I was actually wondering about deafening it ! :-)

I've played throughout 3 pregnancies (woodwind) with no problems :)

I used to play clarinet and sax and years ago there was a lady who sat next to me who played right up til she had the baby - in fact she was due the day of our concert!

I would imagine its fine as you're already used to it.

I played trombone through my first pregnancy until about 7 months when I moved countries. I would have continued to play as long as I felt comfortable, to me there was no reason to stop.

I'm a singer and my breathing was affected from mid pregnancy onwards as my lungs were squashed- might be the same for you?!

I play sax and played up until the Sunday before Christmas when I was 30 weeks, but started feeling a bit too out of breath in long rehearsals, and not loving standing for the duration of the gig, so I think that's my last playing for a while. I didn't really think about it much till one of the singers who is a midwife expressed surprise I was still playing.. Then wondered if it was a good idea!