Megatron23
Diva in Training
Hey Divas, I got some nice help here last week so I want to share my experience for someone in the future.
I found out I was pregnant (yay!) last Saturday, and on Sunday we left to go skiing. I was still reeling tbh and didn't stop to think about wether I 'should'.
Well on the Monday I did start to wonder - am I making a huge mistake? So I started checking online and most sources have a patriarchal, fearongering guilt based advice. Can you live with yourself if something happens?
Ski Diva was different, and had the real experiences of women who have ski experience. It gave me some info to digest and in the end I decided to ski.
So here's the data;
Me - reformed snowboarder, 13 years of skiing under my belt and a season as well. I would consider my skill level to be close to expert and I trusted myself to judge the risk.
Resort - Sauze D'Oulx and the Milky Way resort chain. Truly la Dolce Vita skiing - nice wide slopes and carving heaven, as opposed to the hardcore french resorts.
How pregnant - 4/5 weeks
Busyness of slopes - empty until wednesday due to it being midweek and so late in the season. The 'Dutch Week' kicked off and and suddenly there were 6ft men drinking on the slopes from 10am onwards.
Snow - snow on slopes. Grass and dirt on slope was a bigger risk than ice.
Approach - I really listened to my body and went in each day before I was tired. I mostly cruised around blues and reds, one or two blacks, no off piste. Only skiied the bluebird days. I skiied half days from wednesday on and not at all on the last day as it was cloudy and the last day of dutch week.
Feeling - I was excited to be there and about the pregnancy, so overall it was very special. I was lucky we were in Italy and not in, for instance, Chamonix, where I probably wouldn't have been able to safely ski. I also enrolled my parents tinto the secret withy husband and I because I am usually a big apres ski fan after some hardcore shredding ,so the change was too noticeable to hide. I was also EXHAUSTED and slept at least nine hours every night.
So I hope this is useful to someone else trying to make their choice.
I found out I was pregnant (yay!) last Saturday, and on Sunday we left to go skiing. I was still reeling tbh and didn't stop to think about wether I 'should'.
Well on the Monday I did start to wonder - am I making a huge mistake? So I started checking online and most sources have a patriarchal, fearongering guilt based advice. Can you live with yourself if something happens?
Ski Diva was different, and had the real experiences of women who have ski experience. It gave me some info to digest and in the end I decided to ski.
So here's the data;
Me - reformed snowboarder, 13 years of skiing under my belt and a season as well. I would consider my skill level to be close to expert and I trusted myself to judge the risk.
Resort - Sauze D'Oulx and the Milky Way resort chain. Truly la Dolce Vita skiing - nice wide slopes and carving heaven, as opposed to the hardcore french resorts.
How pregnant - 4/5 weeks
Busyness of slopes - empty until wednesday due to it being midweek and so late in the season. The 'Dutch Week' kicked off and and suddenly there were 6ft men drinking on the slopes from 10am onwards.
Snow - snow on slopes. Grass and dirt on slope was a bigger risk than ice.
Approach - I really listened to my body and went in each day before I was tired. I mostly cruised around blues and reds, one or two blacks, no off piste. Only skiied the bluebird days. I skiied half days from wednesday on and not at all on the last day as it was cloudy and the last day of dutch week.
Feeling - I was excited to be there and about the pregnancy, so overall it was very special. I was lucky we were in Italy and not in, for instance, Chamonix, where I probably wouldn't have been able to safely ski. I also enrolled my parents tinto the secret withy husband and I because I am usually a big apres ski fan after some hardcore shredding ,so the change was too noticeable to hide. I was also EXHAUSTED and slept at least nine hours every night.
So I hope this is useful to someone else trying to make their choice.