A 2nd tri question I never considered

andyyougoonie · January 2013

Will going to the gun range while pregnant hurt my baby's hearing?

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/71311772.aspx

Isn't that what these are for?

GrayGhost13 · January 2013

I learned so many new things in that thread! Wow!

andyyougoonie · January 2013

twatley:

Also, I am kind of shocked at how many women in 2nd tri are "avid shooters".

Right? I did not see that coming either. Although, I can see how it would be an issue for the military moms on the board.

ByeBabyBunting · January 2013

twatley:
Also, I am kind of shocked at how many women in 2nd tri are "avid shooters".

I was just going to say that - I've never owned a gun and that whole post is completely alien to me.

MJHershey · January 2013

FWIW, I am good friends with an audiologist and she said that yes- actually, that CAN have an effect on the baby's hearing. I had asked her about attending a concert (The Wall) when i was 37 weeks, and she said that was fine but mentioned what would hurt a fetus' ears.

MJHershey · January 2013

twatley:
I'm staying away from the gun toting preglies. I know that much.

Hormones + guns= chaos.

Ms5586 · January 2013

EllaHella:

I stopped going to the range when I was pregnant. I was more concerned with the lead exposure from ammo than I was the sound. And I shot at a state of the art range when it came to air purification.

Bad idea, in my avid shooting opinion.

DH wanted me to go to the range with him when I was pregnant. I declined after we thought about the above reasons.

And I did go to a concert, but I can't remember how far along I was, and I didn't even think of it until halfway through.

Hesterlicious · January 2013

twatley:
I can't relate to wanting to be all pregly and shooting guns, but I wonder if standing too close to speakers at a concert is a concern?Hmmmm.nbsp;

I stood beside the speakers when we saw Male strippers when I was pregnant. Ike was dancing to Lady Gaga for some of it but he slept most of the time. I think it just gave him his affinity for loud music.

MrsWindyCity · January 2013

twatley:
I can't relate to wanting to be all pregly and shooting guns, but I wonder if standing too close to speakers at a concert is a concern?
Hmmmm.

Not unless you are doing it like every day. All going to loud concerts while in utero did to my kid was make him like awesome music.

andyyougoonie · January 2013

twatley:
I went to a few concerts when I was pregly. The last one I attended I was 30 something weeks pregnant. It was an outdoor venue so I didn't sweat it.

Well, actually I did sweat. It was like July or August and hot as shiit.

And that was the hottest summer in the history of hot summers! HOT, I TELL YOU!

Littledeer84 · January 2013

twatley:
Also, I am kind of shocked at how many women in 2nd tri are "avid shooters".nbsp;nbsp;

Plus 1....sorry, no symbols, on mobile.

EVA116 · January 2013

twatley:
I went to a few concerts when I was pregly. The last one I attended I was 30 something weeks pregnant. It was an outdoor venue so I didn't sweat it.

Well, actually I did sweat. It was like July or August and hot as shiit.

I did an outdoor concert as well and was not worried about the noise...just all the drunk azzholes that kept falling all around me.....it's just DMB get it together people!

I will add that the lawn seats were on a hill....I can see how that might be a little tricky.

Marc's Mrs. · January 2013

EllaHella:

I stopped going to the range when I was pregnant. I was more concerned with the lead exposure from ammo than I was the sound. And I shot at a state of the art range when it came to air purification.

Bad idea, in my avid shooting opinion.

I shot once, outdoors, during my pregnancy. It was Thanksgiving at my Mom's. DH (a cop) had just been issued his new AR-15. After dinner, we set up a few targets in a field and popped off a few rounds. We joked about starting a new holiday tradition. Stick out tongue

I can say that I wouldn't have done it indoors and I only fired a few rounds myself. I stepped far aside to watch of couple of the others shoot, then I went back inside.