Why shouldn't pregnant women ride amusement park rides? What is the medical reason?

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Disney, Six Flags, Busch Gardens and even your local state fair all pose warning signs not to ride certain rides during pregnancy. Although there are no studies documenting a problem with these types of rides while you are pregnant, there are no studies documenting that they are safe either.

The concern with roller coasters, thrill rides, and virtual rides during pregnancy is associated with the rapid starts and stops, the jarring forces, and the pressures against the body that occur during these types of rides. This rigorous activity creates additional jarring forces within the uterus that may lead to premature separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus, which is called placental abruption.

The jarring force from even slow automobile accidents has caused placental abruption, miscarriage and other complications for women who are pregnant even when the trauma is not directly to the uterus. Although the jarring force is usually less with amusement park rides, it still warrants precaution.

Although there are women who have been pregnant and ridden the various thrill rides without complication, it is a risk that should be avoided. Amusement parks are good at identifying rides that pose risks to pregnant women .

The safest course of action is to play it safe and avoid the rides that pose a risk; you can always return to the park and enjoy the rides after you deliver your baby.

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It's called miscarriage. Not to mention that some rides can cause blood pressure problems and that's not good for pregnant women.

Their whale like proportions can 'overload' the carriage's slowing down the ride and ruining everybody else's fun it can induce labor late in pregnancy and early on in the pregnancy the trauma can cause a miscarriage
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i am an er nurse

well you get jostled around while riding these rides, this could cause problems. Possibly even pre-term labor or miscarriage

too much adrenaline can send her into premature labor. If she's really far along, it could hurt the baby with all of the upside downs and jumps and jolts and stuff. Plus, if anything does happen, the owner of the amusement park probably doesn't want to pay for all of her medical care.

The G force from some rides could totally cause a Miss carriage. And all that up/down and side ways stuff would be like a nanny shaking your baby.

If you don't know this please have your self sterilized. For society's sake.

Medical reason?- how about common sense? This is not quantam physics here, -you figure it out! While you are pregnant you don't want to be bouncing the baby around inside of you because it is not safe to do so it can cause problems like premature labor and other complications during pregnancy.

you can go into labor or have a miscarriage

U CUD HAVE A MISCARRIAGE.

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