Active Trampoline

I never have any pains afterwards. I am careful when I am on, but I get a good workout. I also ride on my 4-wheeler! I take care of myself. But I heard that the umbilical cord can wrap around a babies neck if you are too active. Is this true? and is it ok to jump?

A: Keep going! I am 35 weeks and I have continued to be active during all 3 of my pregnancies. It makes labor more tolerable if you are fit. Listen to your body, and remember that your ligaments are loosening up so be careful! The baby is safe inside you, you just need to be careful you don't injure yourself.

Angie Boline will never forget Sept. 20, 2003.

She was 19 years old and had been an active member of the U.S. Tumbling & Trampoline Association's elite national team for five years. She'd been competing for 10 years.

One Saturday morning, Boline traveled to her hometown, Bloomington, Ill., from Taylor University in Indiana, where she was a freshman, to train for the team's latest tryout.

While practicing a stunt she had done hundreds of times - a double flip with a twist on the double mini, which is a smaller trampoline with a slanted and flat bed - Boline landed wrong.