"Careful mommy..."

Kristie Moore of Canada is one of the backups for the Canadian curling team in the Vancouver Olympics. She is also 5 months pregnant.

I was surprised at the reaction by pro-lifers-at first. They laud her. Why, exactly?

I think I've got it.

She didn't find out she was pregnant until just weeks before Team Canada invited her to the team. The pro-choice argument here would be something like, "She should abort her pregnancy so she can compete unencumbered". Well, apparently, Team Canada let her play as a back-up.

Yes, kudos to her; she kept her child and didn't see her child as an "obstacle", if you will. But part of me disagrees with her decision to compete.

She may be young and fit, but that doesn't change the fact that she is carrying a very delicate, growing child. Any physical stress has the potential to harm that baby. The very competitive and stressful environment of the Olympics doesn't help much, either.

Of course, I do realize that she is a backup. Besides, Curling doesn't look that physically demanding, anyway. I could be wrong, and probably am; but the more the argument!

She chose life, and with life comes responsibility. Perhaps for her, competing while carrying delicate life is responsible. But it almost seems contradictory to me that she would keep her child, then engage in activity that could lead to the child's death!

Maybe I'm being overcautious and oversensitive. But I know a family who almost lost their children on more than one occasion throughout the pregnancies. Knowing their story has given me an understanding of just how delicate and sensitive a pregnancy can be.

Ms. Moore, please be careful.