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"No caffeine, soft cheeses, deli meats or sushi. Saunas and amusement park rides are a no-no too. When you&amp;#x27;re pregnant, there&amp;#x27;s a list of things you can&amp;#x27;t (or shouldn&amp;#x27;t) do. Well, apparently competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics isn&amp;#x27;t one of them. Is it safe? Canadian curler Kristie Moore is 30--and 51/2 months pregnant. Her sport is intense: Two teams of four players take turns sliding heavy polished-granite stones along the ice toward a circular target marked on the ice. The purpose is to deliver 16 stones with the team&amp;#x27;s stones closer to the center of the house than the other team&amp;#x27;s. Two sweepers with brooms or brushes accompany each stone and use stopwatches and their best judgment, along with direction from their teammates, to help direct the stones to their resting place. Woo, what a workout! So, is Moore the only pregnant athlete brave enough to join her team? No, but she is a rarity and just the third woman to compete while expecting. Ninety years ago, Swedish figure skater Magda Julin won a gold medal at the Antwerp Games while in her first trimester, and Germany&amp;#x27;s Diana Sartor took fourth in the skeleton in 2006. Both are proof you can win big with a baby on board. Still, was team Canada anxious about its mommy-to-be member? Not so much. Team leader Cheryl Bernard says Moore&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;young and fit.&amp;quot; In fact, when Moore told her teammates her secret, they were more than supportive. Here&amp;#x27;s the important thing, though: Moore will likely not see any Olympic action. She&amp;#x27;s an alternate and will be called in only if a teammate is injured. Ding, ding, ding! Do you think if Moore was on the front line to compete, her team would have responded to her pregnancy differently? Would it be safe for a woman who is nearly six months along to push heavy stones down slippery ice? How active were you during your pregnancy? (I swam and power-walked. Sometimes I ate tuna.) *** More on glamour.com The Great Olympic GlamUp Dara Torres: Her Olympic Return The Olympics: Hot or Not? *** More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering for or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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