MOPED ARMY

At least you two made it out alive! Good thing!

Yeah dude, please be careful with that baby. No mopeding for her please.

that is a nightmare crashing while pg. glad everythings ok. and yeah i'd not ride till after the baby comes too.

and i soooooo understand about the jeans!

if she rides again tape pillow around her midsection glad to hear everything is alright

i knew i'd catch flack for letting her ride while prego. We live in a very small town where the speed limit is 25, so we ride bikes everywhere all the time in the summer. a moped didn't seem any more dangerous.

Call me a jackass for saying this, but thank god we were on mopeds. she would have never been wearing a helmet on her bike, and we both wouldn't have been driving so slowly and cautiously.

anyway, i fully expected her to swear off mopeds for life, but she's stoked to ride again after the boy is born.

I snapped a few pictures of the damages with my phone... not the best quality but it gives you an idea of how much of a badass my baby is going to be.

Trucker did not stop at the scene of the accident, but his destination was at the right turn. So the cops went to talk with him after they got done at the scene. At the hospital I told them to file with the insurance company as a liability claim so that should be more effective than kicking that guy's ass.

Honestly though, I have to forgive him, it wasn't like he was some abortion vigilante trying to kill my unborn kid, he made a dumb move that people make all the time in traffic.

Wow, people. Why don't we just keep our pregnant women locked up in padded rooms so that the babies won't be hurt? We definitely shouldn't let them ride in cars, because they could get hit by someone. Or planes...those might crash. Or walk down stairs, what if they trip! They probably should be allowed to use doors either because someone might open one into them and kill the baby. Oh, and don't let her pump gas because there is a chance the gas station will explode. Or walk...what if she trips!?

People acting like this because she is pregnant is fucking ridiculous. Life is deadly. All the time.

Seriously, Nate? Do we have some beef outside of this thread?

I could understand you saying you felt I took an unreasonable risk, but why such hostility?

I get as high and mighty as the next guy when I think someone's being an irresponsible parent, but your concern about a human life seems a little insincere when you use it as a premise devaluing another person.

I didn't start this thread because i thought people would pat me on the back or say how cool a story that was, but because something scary as hell happened to me and I was grateful the consequences weren't serious. Any false bravado I may have displayed was simply that: _false_. I was using it as a coping mechanism because I didn't know what else to do, I was robbed of any delusion of safety and control over my life and it scared me shitless.

put away your flame thrower, let's be friends, for real.

Glad the three of you are ok. I do find it humorous that you and your pregnant wife were going to get ice cream...stereotypes are funny...

Seriously though, glad everyone's ok.

quatto we know you are a rad guy, we just get worried man. a kids a serious thing- we know you know that but, seriously mopeds are fuckin' dangerous! what were you thinking?!

that aside (it had to be said) rad battle wounds man and hope to see you all at brodeo rockin out.

As a woman, I can't fathom the idea of getting on a moped while pregnant. I see your point of other dangers but this is one that is quite obvious to me. Riding a moped around cars, trucks, and other dangers further leaves you in higher danger than say, hopping in your car or taking a walk to get ice cream. It's obvious to me, isn't it obvious to you? My baby would be #1 in every decision I made.

And I'm not trying to pick this apart or make you feel bad, I'm just boggled by some people's responses.

Dan, our doctor is a midwife, so no pulling. ;)

I get the impression that a lot of the people who are talking to me with shock and dismay have not yet become parents. (although i suppose neither have i _yet_.)

A lot of people (not just here, but everywhere we go) want to treat a pregnant woman like a glass doll, and make the mistake of confusing what the risks of any activity for the intent of that activity. my wife asked her doctor if it was ok to ride her bike, the doctor said it was safe aside from what one would consider a "freak accident", which could happen anywhere, not just on a bike.

Before we rode, I loosened the throttle cable so the Batavus couldn't go over 12 mph, and checked the brakes carefully. We weren't taking adverse risks.

Just google "bicycle while pregnant". The professionals aren't freaking out and saying how if you get on two wheels and ride around with cars and trucks you're putting your baby in danger, because riding _isn't_ dangerous. Crashing is dangerous, but crashing is not the _intention_ of riding.

Kinda silly to say 'you shouldn't have let her' this or 'why'd you let her' that. You'd think from reading this thread, the mother to be didn't have a mind of her own! Yeesh! Glad everyone's alright. A baby belly bumper would be hilarious and functional at the same time. Fad it out!

...You have a Batavus that went over 12 mph?

I have two sons.

When we were pregnant she was instructed not to ride amusement park rides or mopeds or fly or do anythign that might be dangerous for the baby...

Bottom line is that it's her repsonsibility to make sure that the baby makes it out alive. Once the baby is born, I bet you won't be strapping him/her into a baby bjorn and jumping on your moped. Actually I guarantee that you won't.

You'll understand once the best thing that ever happened to you actually looks you in the eye and smiles...

It was a dumb move, but I didn't think it was my place to say so.

I'm glad she's ok.