Skydiving while pregnant

[airdrew20012001 0]

A friend of mine is pregnant and her and her husband asked me to look around and see what people knew about pregnancy and skydiving. They were specifically concerned about low oxygen during the ride up. Any words of wisdom or links I can pass along?
Drewfus McDoofus

[gemini 0]

Forget the low oxy, it will be a hard opening that will hurt her and the baby! Don't do it.
Gemini
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[Iflyme 0]

Well a biffed landing could cause trauma for the fetus...
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Five For Fighting

[skyhawk 2]

do a search there as been a bit of discussian on this topic with alot of good advice
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[PhreeZone 20]

I can get you in contact with a videographer at my DZ, she jumped till her bellyband on her Vector3 would'nt fit anymore. (That was like 5 or 6 months) if you would like....
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend... ~3EB

[freeflir29 0]

Yeah...we had a girl (Experienced jumper) that jumped until she was 5 or 6 months. She just had a healthy baby boy a month or so ago. Scares me though......I would really worry if it was my wife....."I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay

[AndyMan 7]

I am by no means an expert, but I understand that it's pretty tough to hurt a fetus during the first and second trimester.
Depending on where your friend jumps, oxygen may or may not be an issue. If you're jumping cesna's, I can't possibly imagine there being a risk. If your friend is jumping turbines, she might request that the pilot keep it to 13.5 on her loads.
Again, I am by no means an expert. My medical training goes as far as a few Red Cross first aid courses, so understand that I'm talking out of my ass. In fact, some may say that it's entirely irresponsible for me to be chiming in on this one. I won't disagree.
I will say that I've seen women jump well into their third trimester. I will also the say that this probably wasn't the smartest thing, although the kids did turn out all right.
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[Kinaa 0]

My friend donned 108 jumps while pregnant, and kid is now 6 years old and healthy Just stay safe!
BS

[Magistr8 0]

Well if the kids grow up tp be skydivers then we know something went really wrong and that you should not jump when pregnant.
Who ever said comming down from a high was bad obviously never tried this.
Magistr8

[SkyDolphin 0]

Lot's of women continue to jump durning the first few months of pregnancy and all the ones I have known personally (I can think of at least 6 off the top of my head) that did had beautiful healthy babies.
Rhonda
Rhonda

[freeflir29 0]

BTW....Make sure she starts a Log book for the kid!!!! Would that be cool or what!!!! Is that considered a tandem?
"I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

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BTW....Make sure she starts a Log book for the kid!!!! Would that be cool or what!!!! Is that considered a tandem?

No, its a Static Line jump for the kid... or is that the birth... but only if she gives birth in a jump plane...



Ah, nevermind.

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Anyway, awhile back, a friend of mine, already a jumper with a few hundred jumps under her belt, wanted to go up and have us help dump her Grandad's ashes in freefall... thing is, at the time she was the better part of 6 months pregnant. The jump was made and it was one of the better ash dives I was on with her dumping out of the middle after letting go of the ashes. Problem is she broke her leg on landing. Scared the crap out of her, her mom, her dad (also a jumper that was also on the load), friends and family that were also there... and didn't impress her husband much when he got the call... he wasn't there. *sigh* Us up-jumpers that went up on the ash load with her caught a lot of flak for letting her go up. Good thing is it didn't go any worse then it did. Hindsight is always 20/20, I wish we would have stepped up and said that this wasn't a good idea and that she should wait a few months until after he little one had been born. Grandpa wasn't in any rush and he didn't like flying and didn't think much of skydiving as she had explained to us before the jump. Same thing, different words, if ever faced with a similar situation in the future, I'd advise against gals jumping while pregnant... just my 2 cents on women jumping while pregnant... bad plan.

[vskydiver 0]

There was an article in Parachutis Magazine this month on this subject.

I have 4 kids and jumped during each pregnancy until between the 5th and 7th month. HOWEVER, I had been skydiving for 5 years before I got pregnant with my first. I wouldn't recommend it unless someone was experienced. It's not a thing for every pregnant woman, just like skydiving isn't for everyone. You have to use a little common sense and I think it's fine.

Is your friend really experienced? Otherwise I would recommend she stay on the ground. This isn't a sport to take up after you find out you're going to have a baby.