2 months pregnant and an olympic skeleton competitor?!

[amygoforth]

Seriously! I'm watching her slide down this insane icy course on her belly (on the skeleton sled thingy). Is this safe?

[IncaMama]

what??

[lauraess]

Doesnt sound safe to me, unless there is no way she can crash. I think what i understand about early pregnancy losses is that lifting heavy weights is unsafe. How this correlates to high speed movement i dont know , but if you can find a link to coverage on the web, post it!

[iris0110]

most Dr's say that in the early months you can safely do pretty much anything you did before you became pregnant. Yes a crash can be dangerous, but not so much early on. There have been women who have won decathalons while pregnant, and that is much tougher on your body.

[alegna]

I think it's cool!

-Angela

[amygoforth]

She's Diana Sartor from Germany, and she placed fourth.

This is all I can find on the web so far...

[rootzdawta]

Originally Posted by alegna

I think it's cool!

-Angela

Me too! Wow. I was sick as a dog my second mo. of pregnancy--couldn't even THINK of trying to do anything physical. More power to her.

[spiralmg]

I couldn't inagine doing anything remotely harder than walking at this stage in my 2nd pregnancy!

Here is her german website - and here's a p ic of her as a toddler! But nothing about the preg. Apparently she is an optician who likes to play piano and paint.
http://www.pension-sartor.de/ich.htm