Pregnant and shooting?

[bullseye]

All right guys, my is due in a few weeks or so and wants to get in some range time. An instructor advised her to hold off till after the rodent crawls out because the recoil impulses "could" cause problems. I've known this man for years and he is much wiser than me, but I also have a pregnant woman at home that wants to shoot something. Need a little help here. She is against a .22 pistol, I tried and she got offended and called it a bad name. She wants to shoot the 9mm, .38, .357s and the AK, SKS, and .308s. Would she be all right, or do I change the combination to the safe and just avoid the topic and duck stuff when it flies?

[kevin]

sounds to me like a good excuse to buy something that mounts on a tripod, like say a 1919, mg42, bren, etc

[wonderwolf]

Quick order a mg42 tomorrow before SHTF :nuked:

Otherwise if it was me I would play it safe and lay off until afterwards.

[Enigma Nostra]

Alright, speaking as someone who is possibly going to be in the line of fire if she finds out I said this... I would *highly* suggest that you play it safe mate. I would think it better to hold off a few weeks, and not take risks with your kids life. I dont know the stats, or how much is urban legend, but I would err on the safe side. Shouldnt kill her not to get some range time for a few weeks (Of course, I count self defense seperatly. I think it a much better choice to use a gun in self defense than die because you are worried about issues with the pregnancy... just seems like cuttin off the nose etc etc).

So.... change the lock and run like hell....

-E

[SSwee]

Tell her you'll be happy to oblige just as soon as she shows you a note from the Doc saying it's OK. Put the monkey on her back. Probably won't work but desperate times call for desperate measures. Sometimes it's less painful to poke yourself in the eye with a stick than dealing with women. Can you tell I've been married awhile?
SS

[wandering_ronin]

Don't risk it! Tell her she can shoot all she wants after the kid arrives.

[Longhorn789]

Absolutely not.

Your baby can hear EVERYTHING.....and noise travels better thru water than air. Therefore, every firearm blast will travel thru the amenotic (sp) fluid and affect the baby's ears....much less his brain.

He's less than an inch from the outside of her tummy.

You might as well wait for him to be born, then take him to the gun range and sit him next to your rifle while firing.

Any responsible range officer would prohibit a pregnant woman from being present anywhere on the property.

Absolutely not...and congratulation on the baby. Protect him by not allowing your potentially damaging past times from hurting him for life..

[jonboy20]

Absolutely not.

Your baby can hear EVERYTHING.....and noise travels better thru water than air. Therefore, every firearm blast will travel thru the amenotic (sp) fluid and affect the baby's ears....much less his brain.

He's less than an inch from the outside of her tummy.

You might as well wait for him to be born, then take him to the gun range and sit him next to your rifle while firing.

Any responsible range officer would prohibit a pregnant woman from being present anywhere on the property.

Absolutely not...and congratulation on the baby. Protect him by not allowing your potentially damaging past times from hurting him for life..



+1

[MicroPilot]

Absolutely not.

Your baby can hear EVERYTHING.....and noise travels better thru water than air. Therefore, every firearm blast will travel thru the amenotic (sp) fluid and affect the baby's ears....much less his brain.

He's less than an inch from the outside of her tummy.

You might as well wait for him to be born, then take him to the gun range and sit him next to your rifle while firing.

Any responsible range officer would prohibit a pregnant woman from being present anywhere on the property.

Absolutely not...and congratulation on the baby. Protect him by not allowing your potentially damaging past times from hurting him for life..


+1

No shooting until the youngster can have hearing protection.

[omerta123]

tell her you need to order an mg42 and by the time it gets there the baby will be born and well double bogey

[NavajoNPaleFace]

I'd also be concerned about possible toxic lead contamination and what that might produce.

Depending on who you talk to or what you read a small amount of lead toxicity will have some effect on unborns.

I dunno. I'm not a scientist but I subscribe to my theory "I'm not paranoid. I'm suspiciously cautious". :nurse:

[M1 Tanker]

Don't do it man. I remember my wife shooting pregnant, but only in the first 4 or 5 months. After that I'm pretty sure the doc said no.

[SteelCore]

And like Swee saind, a doc's note would be the only thing to change your mind.

Mebbe have her watch a war movie? Krauts gettin' killed may appease the violent urges of someone late in the pregnancy...

She could take up archery, or perhasp spear throwing. At least you don't need earplugs?

I played loud music in the basement with a band while my ex was preggs w/ me daughter, but there was sond proofing and a floor between the noise and them...she did come out a huge music fan, and is still calmed by music. (I'd hate to have to shoot guns to get a toddler to sleep! :) )

So, play it safe...what's another month or 2...

[okie shooter]

I agree too with all of the above reasons, the kid is the thing we all live for, without them we would be no more, thus err to be safe.

[wonderwolf]

So go ahead and order stuff that will take 2 or 3 months to arrive at your door :rainbow:


Get a lil' chipmunk as well

[turbothis]

wow what a women! deffinetly do the spear chucking thing. sounds fun.

[Schultz]

Shooting and being pregnant.....Big no no. My daughter was visiting a couple months back and was 8 months, She wanted to pop off a couple of rounds and i told her to talk with her Doc first. Long story short Doc said absolutely not, It was not safe for the baby.

[Grasshopper]

Have her play this game!
http://www.jebikes.com/java/WhackAMole/
Then look out!:shithitsthefan8ba:

[Grasshopper]

http://www.spymuseum.org/games/mole.html

Or this!:fing02:

[Hoot]

Or THIS (http://lojra.parajsa.com/game/948/Skeet-Shooting.html)

Hoot

[The Red One]

sigh.....alright, i'll shut up about shooting till after the babe comes.:rainbow:

[bullseye]

No she won't. Thanks guys, she only believes stuff after a lot of people tell her the same thing I tell her. No spears! She is pretty good with a rifle, deadly with a pistol, but no way in hell would I turn her loose with a spear. I can't get another toy for a while, I need a job first. We are stocked with diapers and wipes and stuff for a while though, and enough ammo for a bit, but I can't buy any toys for a while till I get a steady income. :(

[Alaskagrown]

my mom qualified with a shotgun for a hunters ed class when she was 8 1/2 months pregnant with me with no ill effectsof course she had never picked up a gun before that and didn't pick up another one for close to 20 years

[Allwater]

Doesn't it just drive you crazy that women can pick up a gun for the first time and just nail the target!

My theory, at least for my wife who never held a gun before we met, was that she really listened to my instructions and didn't assume she knew more than the teacher. Girls don't (usually) play with guns as kids and never picked up the bad holding habits like us boys.

Now (dammit!) she's a better shot than me - aargg! Plus, she's vocal about my s/s 686 being "her" gun - oh well, knowing that she loves it so much actually kept me from selling it recently. That's a good thing!

Sean

[bullseye]

I know how it is, when we got married I "lost" a few and just about half of the guns I have bought since she has claimed. When I bought the CETME she fired one round and smiled, then she shot another and looked at me and spelled M-I-N-E. Almost had to fight to get it back :). A friend pawned to me a GP100 6" .357 and when we took it out to try it she called him and told him he wasn't getting HER gun back. She tried to get me SKS too. I got her a 2" .357 to carry for valentine's day and she loved it, maybe she will leave mine alone for a while. :) NOT. BTW, she is a good shot too, very good.

[rep30cal]

You know that doctors will seriously tell expecting parents to talk to
the womans stomach and say that the baby can hear those voices
and relate to them when they are born. So I would say that it makes
sense not to subject the baby's ears to loud blasts, and also, being
under water does amplify noise.


BTW, Congrats and God Bless the new, upcoming addition.

[bullseye]

I know, and I understand the reasons now. :) I'm still stuck with a pregnant woman that wants to shoot and has very little patience. She loves to shoot and gets mad at me when I go and don't take her. I love this woman. She now understands why she has to wait and will do it, but it won't be fun. :( Thanks again everyone for the words of wisdom, that's one of the things that make this forum great, info on everything.

Mike.

[Enigma Nostra]

Oh crap, she saw my post.... im so dead.

-E

PS. Might be getting rid of one of the CETME's soon, we can try to work something out down the line maybe. His and Her's boomsticks.

[bullseye]

sounds like a plan, we'll see what we can work out while we are shooting without her. :hide:

[wonderwolf]

:mallninja:

There is a spy among us.......

[okie shooter]

If she wants to shoot, get her a nice air rifle, if thats allowed, you can hone shooting skills actually costing less than shooting 22's and no loud booms and should be less likely for collatrial injuries. As for the lead problem ensureing that hands are washed after handleing ammo might do the trick. If not that there are always paintball guns and she can sit on the porch and shoot anyone that moves across the front yard.

[The Red One]

You guys are great!!!! Okie, bull would/will be my main target, I do need to work on shooting a rifle more. Enigma, we haven't met or talked yet, and you're already in the minus for brownie points.

I really didn't understand why I couldn't shoot, someone told us the reprecussion (?) would affect the baby, but I thought there had to be more than that. Thanks alot. I will quit down for awhile now.

[SteelCore]

"No spears! ...but no way in hell would I turn her loose with a spear"

LMAO! Heehee...

Well, how about axes? They iz mighy fun to throw, especially if you have a nice big dead tree as a target, or ven an old picnic tbl you can stand up, or an old oak door...

Sorry. I love to throw things...started at an early age, kept up with it.

I could show you how to make a 'practice' bolo outta some cord and three tennisballs/raquetballs...then ya get a friend or family to be the running targetaft you preactice on trees...it's pretty funny when someone gets hog-tied on the move at 30 ft!

I'm full of fun ideas...I know...I'm a bad influence.

[Cavalryman]

All right guys, my is due in a few weeks or so and wants to get in some range time. An instructor advised her to hold off till after the rodent crawls out because the recoil impulses "could" cause problems. I've known this man for years and he is much wiser than me, but I also have a pregnant woman at home that wants to shoot something. Need a little help here. She is against a .22 pistol, I tried and she got offended and called it a bad name. She wants to shoot the 9mm, .38, .357s and the AK, SKS, and .308s. Would she be all right, or do I change the combination to the safe and just avoid the topic and duck stuff when it flies?

You have got to be s***ting me! :wtfflag: This range instructor is talking out his @$$. The baby is pretty well cushioned in the amniotic fluid and it would take a lot more than the recoil of a firearm -- even a really big one -- to affect him/her. In fact, the lady's arms and upper spine will take up the vast majority of the shock and the kid probably won't get sloshed around. Just my opinion, but what do I know? I'm not a range instructor. On the other hand, I doubt the range instructor has delivered 400 babies.

[M1 Tanker]

Cav, I know when my wife was pregant the US Army gave her a profile that said no shooting at about 4 or 5 months. I can say she went Dove hunting with me at about 8.5 months and pointed out birds.

[Grasshopper]

You used hee wife as a bird dog?:rocker: That is just too good!

[okie shooter]

You guys are great!!!! Okie, bull would/will be my main target, I do need to work on shooting a rifle more.

OK did bull get you the paintball gun to keep up with your target pratice in the front yard still. Inquireing minds want to know on this subject

[rustypirate]

You have got to be s***ting me! :wtfflag: This range instructor is talking out his @$$. The baby is pretty well cushioned in the amniotic fluid and it would take a lot more than the recoil of a firearm -- even a really big one -- to affect him/her. In fact, the lady's arms and upper spine will take up the vast majority of the shock and the kid probably won't get sloshed around. Just my opinion, but what do I know? I'm not a range instructor. On the other hand, I doubt the range instructor has delivered 400 babies.


Cav, I bet the instructor is referring to the unvoluntary constriction of the body muscles to absorb the recoil initiating premature contractions rather than the actual recoil damaging the infant.

the bigger issue here would be the damage to the ears from the discharge report though, sound DOES travel just fine through the body due to the high H2O content.

But you know I have not delivered any babies in my lifetime, so I am probably talking out my @$$ too. :thumbup:

[bullseye]

OK did bull get you the paintball gun to keep up with your target pratice in the front yard still. Inquireing minds want to know on this subject

Hell no, those things hurt up close!!!!:hammered:
We went to the Dr. this morning and he thought about it and for a min, I hought he would say yes, but he concurred with you guys and said to be on the safe side, no. He also said he had not been asked that one before, so we need to get more women shooting guys, seems we have been slacking. Or at least we need to get more women that shoot pregnent. :)

[okie shooter]

Bullseye, the problem might not be the shock and recoil, but I would wonder about handleing ammunition, and residues. Those things might not be baby in womb friendly more than anything else. Just my two cents, but no paintball darn.