WWYD???

psuash7

So about a month ago I purchased a living social deal for a "basic horseback trail ride for two".nbsp; DH and I are/were planning on doing this in November for our anniversary and really looking forward to it.nbsp; Now that we are pg, not sure if it is such a good idea. We thought about giving it away, but wouldn't know what to say if asked why we can't go its a voucher to be used by march since we don't want to tell anyone until Nov after our u/s. I guess the options are cross fingers Dr approves, forfeit the money paid, or tell someone, that is unless you ladies can help me come up with something else! What would you do? TIA!

MrsRiceARoni

I'd ask your doctor.

littlepenguin2012

If you can get a letter from your dr. saying that you shouldn't be horseback riding and let groupon know that you didn't know you were pregnant when you bought the voucher, they might give you a refund.  Not sure, but it's worth a try.

psuash7

littlepenguin2012:

If you can get a letter from your dr. saying that you shouldn't be horseback riding and let groupon know that you didn't know you were pregnant when you bought the voucher, they might give you a refund. nbsp;Not sure, but it's worth a try.

ah I like this idea!

sewinteresting

How far along are you? Usually stuff like that in the first trimester is fine. With my first pregnancy the doctor told me that I could still ride roller coasters and play sports if I wanted....

jbranden12

I had a similar situation with livingsocial for jet skiing. DH and I decided we didn't want to risk it, but by the time I remembered to contact livingsocial the promotional value had expired so they wouldn't give me a refund. They didn't say whether or not they would've refunded me if I tried before the expiration date, but they did say that even after the expiration date I could still use the voucher but it would only be worth what I paid, not the promotional value.

Mrs.DeliaMarieP

MrsRiceARoni:

I'd ask your doctor.

this. 

Rosebean

As an avid horseback rider who has talked to her OB and vastly researched this, horseback riding is like any "activity" that should not be done during pregnancy unless you did it beforehand. It takes some crazy reactive muscles, body positioning and core strength to stay on if your mount freaks out. It takes a split second for a horse to react and throw a rider, and that is not a risk worth taking. All it needs to do is decide it wants to turn on a dime and change direction on you and off you go. Or it stepped on a stick that tapped its belly and it leaps 10 feet in the air and you never even had the chance to TRY to stay on... All you know is you are flying through the air (yep... This happened to me last summer and I have rode for over 14 years). 

If you had said you had been riding for years and were deciding if you should keep riding or not, I would have encouraged you to ride until you were comfy. I am 22 weeks and rode this past Sunday. I plan on riding as long as the weather is good and I can manage to get on my horse.  Mind you, my horse (yes, the same one who threw me last summer) is well trained and we ride lightly... And I make that choice every time I get on. My answer to you would be to call the ranch and ask for an expiry date extension (they may not even accept pregnant riders), or possibly sell it to a friend or on eBay 

TMWarren85

I'm not sure how LivingSocial works, but I know with Groupon if you let your Groupons expire, the value that you paid will either be a credit in your Groupon account, or they will refund. They are in the middle of a lawsuit about where the money from expired Groupons goes so now you don't lose your initial investment.

killian09

Ditto the comments above. As an experienced rider who has been thrown from a horse before, there is no way I'd ride pregnant, especially not on a trail with horse that I did not know very well. There are too many potential distractions and all it takes is one spook for you to go flying.