The pregnant has just as much or more to do with the fact that you have several months of being more sedentary by necessity and additional weight gain and stuff to make up for as the birthing itself and all that other fun ancillary pregnancy stuff. A lot of being safe in derby is playing with folks that are at the same skill/fitness level you are, which is one of the justifications for practice attendance rules (if we miss too many we're not allowed to bout.) If you're skating full out with people who are significantly more skilled and in better shape than you are, it's a lot more likely you'll get hurt.
Ah, see, this is where I'm exposed -- my own terror of labor and of the growing-thing-inside-you aspect (bizarrely, I still like babies a lot) has made me more blind to that stuff. I watched all my aunts' pregnancies, I should know better...
It sounds like derby is a safe space, in general. That rawks.
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Date: 2007-10-31 05:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-31 05:31 pm (UTC)It sounds like derby is a safe space, in general. That rawks.