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Pregnant Athlete In Olympics

Canada Curling Team Member Just the Third Pregnant Athlete in Olympics History

Vancouver, Canada (LifeNews.com) -- The Winter Olympics isn't typically a place where pregnant women are involved in competitions, but the 2010 games in Vancouver is an exception. Kristie Moore, an alternate on the Team Canada curling team, is just the third pregnant athlete to compete in the modern-era Olympics.

And Moore has a distinction that the other former competitors did not have -- she is well into the second trimester of pregnancy.

Moore, who is 30 years-old, is five-and-a-half months pregnant -- which puts her well past Swedish figure skater Magda Julin, who won a gold medal at the Antwerp Games some 90 years ago while in her first trimester.

And Diana Sartor of Germany finished in fourth place in the skeleton in 2006.

In a new interview, Moore says her visible pregnancy hasn't impaired her ability to participate on the team, but she says that may not be the case if she were closer to her due date. "[In] the eighth month or so, that might be an issue," she told Yahoo Sports.

Moore didn't find out about her pregnancy until just weeks before officials with Team Canada invited her to join the team. Her coach has been very supportive and says her baby will have no adverse effect on her ability to help the team. Ref. Source 1

Olympics Athlete Pregnant

The one thing I would be concerned with is overdoing. You can move and be active while pregnant, but athletes tend to push their body beyond the normal and this can harm the baby. I guess there are more sedentary sports where it is not applicable.