Just curious...how long did you wait after having a baby to start riding your horse again?
(please only answer if you have actually had a baby)
Thanks for those who've answered...however, I'm not looking for advice...just looking to see how long other people waited before riding.
see arr harr
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First baby - about 5 weeks.
Second baby - 8 weeks.
Third baby - severe post-natal depression and no desire to ride, so about 7-8 months
Fourth baby - about 3 1/2 months, but her birth was my only c-section and it wasn't too pretty; she's now going on 9 months and I'm only just starting to get comfortable cantering. I believe Pippa Funnell rode Badminton when her son was 6 weeks old, but then we're not all Pippa bloody Funnell, are we?!
(Not having any more babies - pregnancy infringes too much on my riding time!)
Driver
I'm not exactly sure, but I think it was pretty close to 6 weeks. I had some stitches down there and needed the time to heal up. After only maybe 2 weeks, I went out to longe my horse and other unmounted stuff like that. I was at the end of my 7th month before I quit riding while pregnant.
Grandma of 2
Since everyone's labor and delivery is different. This is something that should be discussed with your doctor. He or she will know better as to what shape you are in to ride again. Your body has gone through quite a bit as far as having a baby and horseback riding puts strain in places you don't want right now. Since 6 weeks is the time frame for returning to work...you can use that time-frame for riding....but probably only walking trail rides. Advise your doctor of your wish to ride again and go by the guide-lines set by your M.D.
Anonymous
Well if it was a troubled birth then i would wait until the baby was weaned.
But we would always start riding when the baby was around 4 months old but they would be easy short rides, so that the baby can easily follow the mom.
But to be on the safe side i would wait till the baby is weaned away from the mother.
Hope i helped!
gallop
I waited until the uterus was involuted, which means you no longer have any vaginal discharge. If you breast feed, it can happen in three weeks, and if you don't it will take up to 6 weeks. Even though I breast fed, I still waited the 6 weeks just to be sure.
The reason to wait is because you risk damaging the perineal floor (muscles etc that support pelvic organs) and could later have problems with herniations of the urinary bladder, or the rectum, or both into the vaginal walls (called cystocele and rectocele)..so wait until healing is complete. I've had 3 babies.