Choose your style
Beautiful, stylish, pregnant - and behind the wheel ... This is about you? Then everything is wonderful! You are a born driver. And always (even in an interesting position) in the role of the driver you will look great and just feel great. Just adjust your driving style or change attitude towards the car, the road and other traffic participants. Your motto is now: "Calm and regularity." Define your style, listen to recommendations and figure out what you need to change.
Extreme
You are such an experienced driver that you have been thinking about participating in Formula 1 for a long time. Do not deny yourself the pleasure of a ride with the breeze, even when you are at the wheel already two. Baby is good when you're happy. But do not get carried away! Do not demonstrate all the possibilities of your super-powerful engine, do not test the reliability of the brakes and your abilities. In the next nine months, extreme is not your style. Add some discretion and restraint to your professionalism. Pregnancy makes a woman more emotional and vulnerable. And frequent ailments (different in each trimester) can significantly affect your behavior at the wheel. Be as cautious as possible and prepare for possible unforeseen situations. Forget about what a sporty driving style is, always give way to particularly insistent racers and do not compete with them in speed. Exclude from the lexicon and even thoughts the words "I'll slip through" and "catch up". Remember the golden rule: quietly you will go further. Forget about emergency braking. And this is possible, unless the speed is exceeded. Now your credo is moderation in everything. If you are driving the whole day, stop every two hours, so that with the help of easy gymnastics you can restore blood circulation and reduce back pain. Or just walk along the curb. Before pregnancy, did you easily cope with minor breakdowns of the car and even changed the wheels yourself? Now this should not be done. You can reassess your strength.
Reinsurance
You drive perfectly, but noticed that now I have become very cautious. With less joy than before, you sit in the driver's seat and increasingly give the steering wheel to her husband. Sometimes you do not understand why this happens. It seems like everything is as usual: you feel great, there is no dizziness and even an eternal companion of pregnant women - a toxicosis. You have a calm, measured regime, you are even more balanced than before pregnancy. But constant and little-explaining anxiety does not allow to relax and from the soul to enjoy the trip.
Do not force yourself! It's time to give vent to feelings. Do not want to drive - do not drive! To choose is your right. You should know that there are many reasons for such doubts: hormonal changes, increased responsibility for the life of a baby. If you decided to drive, remember a few rules. In an emergency (an attack of toxicosis, cramps in the legs, dizziness or abdominal pain), stop immediately and turn on the "emergency". Discontent of other drivers is not a reason to endanger yourself and the baby. Too excited and for a long time you can not calm down? Leave the car on the roadside and get home by taxi. You can ask for help from the traffic police. Do not be surprised, in such cases they always turn into allies. Another (much more pleasant) option for getting out of the situation is an urgent call of the husband. Periodically push back the chair (the distance between the belly and the rudder should be at least 10-15 cm) and adjust the length and tension of the seat belt. Remember: it is best when its attachment is located no higher than the chin.
Moderate
It's all right, you drive magnificently and you get a special pleasure from the process itself. But you always know: as soon as the slightest problem arises, you immediately move to the passenger seat. Take decisions, following your mood and well-being. Do not forget to use the tips ... of a baby. The crumb inside becomes too active, when you are strenuously maneuvering in the flow of cars, are you annoyed by the actions of the participants in the movement? And still need to go? Then take care of the special comfort behind the wheel: a massage cape on the seat, soft (foam rubber) pads under the belt, a rug (if you want to take off your shoes), and other useful goodies in case of an unexpected attack of hunger (nuts, dried fruits, crackers) and certainly a bottle of mineral non-carbonated water. And more: constantly carry with you documents - passport and exchange card, as well as a note with the coordinates of relatives.
watch out for the car
There are situations when the future mummy can not drive a car. Never ignore the doctor's recommendations and your own feelings.
Give up driving if:
1. You feel that after every trip at the wheel the tone of the uterus rises, you have a strong toxicosis or an acute reaction to odors: vapors of gasoline and exhaust gases can cause headaches, nausea, vomiting and even fainting;
2. You are susceptible to hypotension (low blood pressure - from 80/50 to 100/50) or you have anemia (often there is dizziness, weakness).
3. There are manifestations of late toxicosis: high blood pressure (from 130/80 to 150/100), swelling, shortness of breath, and also you become too irritable and inattentive.