Pregnant Women Compete in Marathon

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:50:00 GMT

Meet the Speed Bumps: a relay team of five women who are planning to beat the pants of off their competition in Ohio’s Road Runner Akron Marathon.

The only difference between this team and their 10,000 or so competitors is that the Speed Bumps will all be running for two. All five women are in or nearing their third trimester, with Kimberly Bucey (pictured) the farthest along at eight months.

All of the women got the OK from their doctors before agreeing to compete, but some of their husbands are nervous nonetheless. Naturally, the key to healthy exercise during pregnancy is to listen to your body’s cues (for instance, if you can’t catch your breath, your baby may not be getting enough oxygen), and this may be harder to do when you’re competing.

But the Speed Bumps are marathon buffs who are thrilled to be able to keep running during their pregnancies, and are confident they can do so in a healthy manner. “It’s great to keep running because it’s great to stay in shape,” said Monica Nowac, one of the Speed Bumps. “And it’s great to spread the word about staying in shape while you’re pregnant. To think anything else is simply archaic at this point.”

What do you think? Is "spreading the word" about exercise during pregnancy a laudable goal, or are those nine months when staying in shape should be the last thing you're worried about?

Photo: Ohio.com

Miracle Crib Tent Keeps Mommy From Going to a Home

Rachael Brownell (Redsy) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:29:00 GMT

Once upon a time there was a sweet darling little baby who liked to sleep in her crib. She slept and she slept and she slept. Every day she grew cuter and cuter and more beloved. And every day she was smarter and smarter and smarter. Until one day (a dark day) she learned how to crawl out of her crib. And she was ecstatic! And thrilled with her new skill. So thrilled that she tried it over and over.. at regular REM destroying intervals....

Having lived through this sort of revolution in personal toddler freedom before, the nice but very tired parents decided to order some sort of contraption that would neither scar the sweet little child nor get them arrested.

Enter the Magical Miracle Crib Tent (pictured right)... Technically it's simply called "crib tent", but if it isn't a miracle, I don't know what is...

The best part is that it's all in the name of safety. The crib tent will "...help prevent your child from being injured by falling out of the crib" And what is more loving than that? It's no secret that very very young children are particularly scritchy and screamy when they don't get enough sleep.

If you want to keep your love alive (and here I'm referring to you and your co-parent) do yourselves a favor. Get that kid a crib tent! Otherwise, you'll find your sanity slip, slip, slipping away...

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Pregnant Women Compete in Marathon

Miracle Crib Tent Keeps Mommy From Going to a Home