Olympic Curler Is Five Months Pregnant, And We're Totally Not Going To Make Any Jokes About What That Says About Curling

If you'd asked me a month ago what I thought about pregnant women curling, I would told you that it was my understanding that pregnant women really should never get perms, because of all the potentially toxic chemicals, and also because it is no longer the 80's. Of course, we're right in the middle of the Winter Olympics now, in Canada, so obviously when someone mentions curling they mean the sport and not what one does with rollers or irons or a home perm kit. And obviously the sport is much safer for pregnant women than are perms because, really, curling-the-sport is just bowling, but slower, and with brooms.

Technically, Kristie Moore is an alternate on the Canadian Olympic Curling team, but still: she's an Olympic athlete. Competing in the Olympics. And she's pregnant. Which is kind of amazing; I mean, I spent my pregnancies training for Couch Sitting and Women's Napping, and those efforts exhausted me. So, yeah, I'm impressed. Curling - in which players throw a big rock down some ice and then watch as it slowly slides toward a big circle while teammates sweep the ice in its path - is more physically challenging than couch sitting and napping and even walking around the block.

How much more challenging, I'm not sure, but some.

(Before you revoke my Canadian citizenship on the grounds of Disrespect Toward The Noble Sport Of Curling, know this:I am not saying that curling does not involve any skill, I am saying that it is not physically challenging in the same way that is, say, Snowboard Cross or Speed Skating or Sweeping After Toddlers Jacked Up On Froot Loops. That's all.)

(No, really: I think that it's awesome that Kristie Moore is in the Olympics and is pregnant and GO PREGGOS! PREGGOS FTW!)

(Also, I can't be the only one who's worried about her slipping on that ice, right?)

via Yahoo.

Comments

[TwoBusy]

I thought they all wore grippy-soled shoes from the expansive Nike Grip-It-And-Rip-It-Curler's-Deluxx-Collection for just that reason.

[Annie @ PhD in Parenting]

For what it's worth, throwing the stone (which might be similar to bowling) doesn't take that much physical exertion, but it does take skill. However, running along next to the rock on the ice and sweeping does involve physical exertion.

Is tennis a sport? Because my mom (who also curls) played in the mixed doubles semi-finals two days before I was born and played in the mixed doubles finals two days after I was born.

[Jenny Ondioline]

8-) Me and my whole family have become addicted to watching Olympic curling. We're in the US, and haven't seen the Canadian team play yet, but we'll watch whatever matches TPTB deem worthy of broadcasting. I'm amazed and totally impressed with Kristie Moore. Don't think I would have attempted anything like that when I was pregnant!

[Her Bad Mother]

Annie: your mom WINS.

[Issa]

I am really glad that someone finally explained Curling to me. Now um...why exactly is sweeping rocks a sport?

[feefifoto]

Well, she's probably a lot less likely to slip on the ice than I am, considering that she wears appropriate shoes and has a lot of training. I'm afraid to walk out on the driveway to get the newspaper.

[Erin]

Annie - Your mom makes me feel like a wuss. I could barely walk around the block after I had my baby (my poor, poor nethers...), let alone hit a ball with a racquet!

[Atomic Mom]

I was wondering what exactly was going on when I turned on the tele earlier. Now, I'm still wondering why the significant one insisted on watching the whole thing.

I did a version of this last week (8 mos. pregnant) when picking my man up from his work. I got out of the driver seat, on a bed of solid ice, and attempted to make it to the passenger side. Sliding, screaming, and stumbling the whole way.

Myself, and my fetus, we both survived.