I hope things continue to go well, and that everyone remains healthy, and happy.
Many thanks for the update regarding potential harm to the fetus. Yours is the first feedback from any doctor that I've personally heard about.
Regards, Jay
Our local range does not allow pregnant or nursing women on the range.
Just had our last ultra sounds, unless there are complications, and talked with the doctor.
Noise will not affect the fetus at any point in development. Recommended shooting in a well ventilated area and to wash your entire body asap.
I could understand nursing with no confident way of guarding the babies ears...
Um... I think it has to do with possible lead transferrence from mom to baby. I doubt many nursing mothers would choose to do so on the firing line.
Yeah, if I was shooting when my son was that age, I would be doing so while he was at daycare. A good cold shower afterwards and should be good to go. If you really want to be safe, pump & dump before feeding.
TMI! TMI!
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Really though, I'm a father of 3 so you ain't surprising me. I think the issues with lead dust would be more of a concern with exposed skin and outer clothing. I understand that hot brass in cleavage isn't a wonderful experience...but I doubt there are many women that choose to shoot topless to avoid it. IMHO, I would think that a woman that is breast-feeding would be better served to just wear an over-shirt (or a t-shirt under regular shirt), and not worry about looking good by displaying the mommy-boobs at the range and opt for a closed neck shirt or buttoned up shirt.
Haha sorry... kind of figured this was mostly parents/prospective parents who have been there, done that! Three kids, you know how it goes... eventually you just gotta do what you gotta do.
And yeah, think so too... I always wear t-shirts with high necks. Besides, who would be willing to comment on the looks or attire of a sleep-deprived, armed, new mother just trying to relieve stress and get some practice in?
Don't get me wrong. Mommy boobs are a wonderful gift, I just think the firing line probably isn't the smartest place to show 'em off:no:
i'd be highly concerned that the loud noise could cause brain damage to the fetus and the child might grow up to be a liberal.
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When this topic first came up this author contacted several respecteddoctors for their opinion (including the co-author of this article)as to whether a pregnant student should participate in a firearmstraining
course for women. The doctors we contacted seemed to agree thatthere was no reason why she shouldn't shoot. We knew the rangewas lead-free and the ammunition was frangible, and with thatproviso, the doctors all agreed.
Then someone brought up the question of the noise, and no oneseemed to have any answers as to whether that could harm the baby,and thus began a quest to find out the truth about shooting andpregnancy.
I could understand nursing with no confident way of guarding the babies ears...but why pregnant? Seems rather discriminatory. I'm all for private property rights, but I still don't understand some of the illogical, or rather uninformed, reasons to discriminate.
Unfortunately, there are no definitive studies that clearly answerthis question.
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