Switch to a more upright bicycle?

Question

I commute to work on a road bike (drop bars, etc). It's about 4mi each way. I'm only 5w4d so I'm fine now but I am wondering if I should look into buying or renting a cruiser for when I'm more pregnant. Any other bicycle commuters out there have suggestions?

Answer

I don't commute to work, but do love bike riding.  With my first, I ditched the road bike for my mountain bike around 20 weeks because bending into the baby was getting uncomfortable.

I was able to continue biking until about 38 weeks on my mountain bike.  I stopped because I was getting a lot of contractions when riding my bike at that point.

I would consider switching to a more upright bike when biking gets uncomfortable if you still feel comfortable biking at that point.  Pregnancy can mess with you equillibrium so you may decide at that point biking might not be safe.

Switch to a more upright bicycle?

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