Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!parsec!holt From: holt@parsec.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: pregnancy and exercise - (nf) Message-ID: <5822@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 22:59:13 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5822 Posted: Wed Feb 22 22:59:13 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Feb-84 00:32:40 EST Lines: 20 #R:nbires:-27300:parsec:45000006:000:741 parsec!holt Feb 22 17:13:00 1984 Believe it or not, I once played a raquetball match with a woman who was >8 months pregnant. In addition, she beat me. She played right on up until a week prior to having her child, and then started playing again about 3-4 weeks after. It amazed me then, and it amazes me now. This is an excellent topic. What are the generally proscribed limits of physical activity for pregnant women, and what are the extremes that these things can be taken too? Dave Holt Convex Computer Corp. {allegra,ihnp4,uiucdcs,ctvax}!parsec!holt p.s. I was extremely uptight about playing a women so advanced in pregnancy, and very much concerned that I not hit her with the ball. (something which is usually an accepted risk of the game)