JY - you're alive...and as thoughtful as ever! Thanks.

You might check the blog post from Tuesday. World famous STer is quoted widely.

Thanks again.

John

I find the discussion of cycling risk while pregnant particularly interesting.
As one poster has already pointed out, it's unique in that it puts the baby at risk as well as the parent....actually, the parent may not be in more direct risk pregnant or not it's precisely the baby that has a risk here.

I would find it hard to criticize a woman for riding while pregnant. I have had exactly zero bike crashes since I became a competitive cyclist in 1985. (on the road...mtn biking is a different thing altogether).
At some point the risk of the crash is remote enough, you could equate it to the risk of having a car wreck.

Also, to consider....do you ride your bike with kids in tow? Many people do. I am guessing that a fetus in the womb is at less risk in a bike wreck than a child of a certain age wearing a helmet in the bike seat.

As for the crossover to anticoagulant therapy, I'm on coumadin. Have been for 2 years I guess. I ride and race without regard to that risk whatsoever. I've had all the usual crashes on the mtn bike, hit trees at reasonable speeds and so on. Never noticed an increased tendency to bruise let alone bleed too much from abrasions. I try to remember to wear my medical alert bracelet. Sometimes prior to races I will approach the EMTs on site and introduce myself just in case.