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[...] going into labor, 41-year-old Susie Weber bicycled one mile to a Wisconsin hospital. Weber had already biked to 10 of her prenatal appointments and [...]

It was one mile? Why didn’t she just walk? Anyway, it’s cool that she did it, but biking one mile is not really remarkable. Like the woman herself, I don’t find anything that unique about it.

Good for her! What a lovely way to spend labor!

While I was laboring with my son in October, my husband and I took two separate one-mile walks around the hilly cemetery behind our house, where we walked to watch the sunset on our first date. It felt good to exercise through contractions, and it was romantic and memorable, too! And it was only a short walk away from our home, where our baby was born. I suppose if I had given birth in the hospital, walking or biking there might have been preferable to sitting in the car :)

Does anyone know how she, her husband, and the infant got *home* from the hospital? It is my understanding that hospitals won’t release new parents without carseats. Perhaps Susie and Paul installed a carseat into a bike trailer? Would love to know, as this is something my husband and I have been considering!

While biking is (probably) safer than driving, I must admit, seeing an obviously pregnant biker makes me nervous, which is a common sight in my area.

Of course, biking-while-pregnant is way preferable to another common sight around here: parents biking with a child in an Ergo.

In 1980 I had my first child while living in the Marshall Islands. My water broke while watching my husband playing in a soccer game. I rode my bike back to my trailer (approx. a mile), waited for my husband to come home, cooked him some eggs ( his insistence) and then went to the hospital. My daughter was born 3 hours later. The only thing remarkable to me is the beautiful 5 pound baby girl that we welcomed into the world that day. Praise the Lord!

That’s my photo, but I am not the woman the story is about (for the commenter asking about the lack of a coat, and snow!) We live in Atlanta, and I did not bike to the hospital, although I did bike up to 38 weeks and believe it made my pregnancy much easier and healthier.

For the author, a photo credit would be nice. My name is Rebecca Serna and I’m the director of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, and not the woman in your story (although I admire her).

This is awesome! Just another way of showing that in most cases, pregnancy is not an illness. I have a 3 1/2 month old. I was hosting a web meeting while bouncing on my exercise ball at home. Went into labor 10 minutes after the meeting ended. Was hungry, so I went to my favorite Indian buffet for lunch. Forewarned the woman next to me that I was in labor. We would talk, but then I’d have to pause to breathe and then resumed the conversation. I drove myself home and headed to the hospital an hour and a half later. In that time frame, I managed to finish up last minute emails and phone calls. After giving birth at the hospital, the next morning, I hosted a web meeting from my hospital bed. While working from home during my 6-week maternity leave, I managed to speak at 4 different conferences–the first occurring when my little guy was 3 weeks old and which entailed flying out of state. He did fine. I presented with him in a sling and even nursed him during several of the presentations. So, it definitely can be done. Kudos!