This Incredible Pregnant Woman Tried Wakesurfing to Induce Labor at 40 Weeks
The activity helped the 32-year-old woman relieve stress and distract herself.
Anything you can do, pregnant women can do too, and probably even better.
Kolby Fahlsing, 32, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was overdue to give birth to her son when she decided to wakesurf to try to induce labor, ABC News reports. Kolby showed off her remarkable water sports skills on Instagram in a post that has now gone viral.
Instead of worrying about her baby being late, Kolby devoted himself to one of her favorite hobbies. “I was waiting for the baby to be born and I thought, ‘I might as well do it, I feel good,'” she said. “I wanted to see if I could do it and it relieves my stress. It takes my mind off things.”
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For those concerned about the well-being of this mom and her baby, don’t worry: the activity is quite safe, Kolby explained. “People confuse wakesurfing with wakeboarding, water skiing or tubing,” she said. “With wakeboarding you’re going maybe 25 miles an hour, and with wakesurfing you’re going 9 or 10. People may not understand that we’re being very safe and that you’re going pretty slow and that it’s low impact. If I fell , it would be like jumping into the pool.”
While the sport did not lead to the birth as she had hoped, Kolby’s baby, Wilder, was born five days after her aquatic adventure on August 10.
Kolby conceived through in vitro fertilization and she couldn’t be happier with the arrival of her new child. “It’s quite surprising. I was told I would never get pregnant and so it’s still quite surreal,” she said. “She has really long hair, so she’s my little surfer baby.”
Jessica Leigh Mattern is a web editor and writer covering home, vacation, DIY, crafts, travel and more lifestyle topics. Prior to working for Country Living, she wrote for several women’s and lifestyle magazines, including Woman’s Day, Cosmopolitan and Redbook.
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