? for all you ’horsey’ mums 2 be!

Are you still horse riding while pg? I owned horses for half my life and only sold the last one when I got too involved in theatre perfomance to give the horses a few deal. But it's been bugging me more and more lately that I never got back into it.  Is it dumb to think I could take a few lessons to brush up on my skills again whilst pg? While I am an experienced rider, there has been a good 10 year gap with not much riding to speak of so am aware my ability has probably lessoned as well as my balance maybe lol.

Thoughts?

 

I stopped riding when i was, mainly because my girl is a young and i couldnt 100% be sure she wouldnt try any thing silly.

I would wait till baby is out, and have some great time out enjoying your time back in the saddle. Even with my 9 (well it was more like 12month) break i was sooo sore once i started riding again!

I rode early in my pregnancy (as in pre 10 weeks). I would have kept riding until it was no longer comfortable to except for the fact that my horse was in the North Island and I lived in the South Island! However, I wouldn't START riding in pregnancy - I would only continue riding if I had been riding regularly beforehand. Riding fitness has a lot to do with how well you stay on and it would suck to strain something during pregnancy when you don't have a lot of options for pain relief!

Brennan has his own mini horse

That was 2 weeks ago, so 17months

Id say by 2, at the moment he just sits there and hangs on and has enough after about 5mins.

My friend started at 3 years

i wouldnt ride whilst preg as you just never know....i sold on my big horse when i got preg and bought a mini which will be charlottes pony as well as me showing her inhand...we plan to have charlotte on her around 2years they can go on as early as being able to sit by themselves and then u just hold them on until they learn to hold the saddle or mane....

minis are great company, mine doesnt need a cover and they NEVER need hard feeding as they run on the smell of grass lol SERIOUSLY!

 

HUNTD totally, i have my cuz down the road she has like 8 and breeds now shes a registered stud

might steal her boy and sire my girl and get some more pintaloosas and then i can register them too...might be doing my first inhand shows this summer, depends if i have a cruisy bub or not lol

id like to breed some too...got my girl at 10months shes almost two now i think...id like about 4 one boy and three mares...i want palamino's

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haha fair enough, ya dont need gear all the time really...i really want a catB to harness and cart!! THAT you can do safely while preg and is sooo much fun!!

my pintaloosa mare is CAT A...ill try and find a pic....shes got the mean fatty going on atm theres too much feed here and shes fluffy as but might fine a good pic of her when she was younger or clipped...

 

oopps sorry so taking over this thread