Over doing it

jessicamuse

Can physically over doing it throw you into early labor because I work a super physical job where I'm ony feet 12 hours and not stop running and lifting...I tried to get light duty no success. When Im at work and I not stop.lift and run I start cramping bad and it worries me that ill go into labor early.

mimigrace12

Yes it definitely can.. Is there any way you could go one stress leave until labour?

I would never be able to be on my feet 12 hrs at once right now!

Lalala2326

This sounds like a great question for your doctor as no one here can say whether or not this is going to cause early labor. Some moms are on bedrest from 24 weeks because walking around too much could cause early labor. Some are on their feet all day till they deliver late. Your doctor should be able to advise you better.

toccoaparker

Yes overdoing it CAN cause early labor, whether it will for you is unknown but I would try to talk to your doctor or boss about it:)

thesportsgal

Yes it can

strauber

I have been working 12 hours a day with occasional 30 hour shifts. I don't know if I would call it PTL but here is no doubt that the longer my shift the more contractions I have and that they get more painful. I have finally pulled off the 30 hour ones. But there is no doubt the ohysicality of your job can give you more frequent contractions.

DRINK TONS OF WATER!!!! rest when you can. Good luck.

CaliforniaDream87

Lalala2326 said:

This sounds like a great question for your doctor as no one here can say whether or not this is going to cause early labor. Some moms are on bedrest from 24 weeks because walking around too much could cause early labor. Some are on their feet all day till they deliver late. Your doctor should be able to advise you better.

This. My job sounds a lot like yours. It's definitely getting tough but very doable. If you're having a hard time talk to your doctor.

candicejeff2013

You're lifting and working 12 hr shifts?!? Omg I get so upset when I see pregnant women going through this. I would feel awful being a boss and watching a pregnant associate work like that....wouldn't do it!!! Would it kill them to give you a more suitable job in the mean time???

victoriaaa1

I "over do it" ALOT . And I know I shouldn't but I just want to get things done around the house or just when being out , I over do it with cleaning , helping with things , bending over , definitely walking for sure ! And things of that sort and I've been fine although I should be taking it easy , it's really hard . Being "fine" can't predict what will and will not happen .

5forjules

Thirty hour shifts???? Sorry but that's just dumb and very unsafe not pregnant!!!

As for 12 hour shift lifting and standing?!?!
This is a human life - wouldn't you want to give this baby the best chance? I am a mother of a stillborn baby. I did everything to ensure his health and wellbeing - and still found it hard to forgive myself. Couldn't imagine if he died when I knowingly ace decisions that weren't advantageous to his health

williamsmm2

I'm a nurse and I still work 12 hour days, and they're pretty strenuous. I am definitely having more contractions and dilated earlier (likely because of my job). I asked the doc if I should cut back and she said it's really my choice. She feels that since I've had a healthy pregnancy and worked 12s this far, I'd baby comes it's because she is ready (I'm 36 weeks 3 days). However, the 12s are def getting pretty hard on mama! I would not lift or pull patients right now, just not worth it. You should listen to your body and your doc! Glad you aren't doing 30s, that's def way too much

strauber

Unfortunately as a trauma surgeon 30 hour shifts are a fact of life. When my partners covered my last one without me even having to ask I burst into tears.

Saratiff

williamsmm2 said:

I'm a nurse and I still work 12 hour days, and they're pretty strenuous. I am definitely having more contractions and dilated earlier (likely because of my job). I asked the doc if I should cut back and she said it's really my choice. She feels that since I've had a healthy pregnancy and worked 12s this far, I'd baby comes it's because she is ready (I'm 36 weeks 3 days). However, the 12s are def getting pretty hard on mama! I would not lift or pull patients right now, just not worth it. You should listen to your body and your doc! Glad you aren't doing 30s, that's def way too much

This!!! I'm still doing 12's and they can be brutal but im not ready to throw in the towel yet. It's the only time my feet swell and can be a struggle to eat and drink enough but it's super important.

To the OP I totally believe that people in the medical field are super heroes. We work crazy shifts and can do it pregnant!! But remember to do what's best for you and little one. I'm trying to stick it out a bit longer.

EmEeGee

5forjules said:

Thirty hour shifts???? Sorry but that's just dumb and very unsafe not pregnant!!!

As for 12 hour shift lifting and standing?!?!
This is a human life - wouldn't you want to give this baby the best chance? I am a mother of a stillborn baby. I did everything to ensure his health and wellbeing - and still found it hard to forgive myself. Couldn't imagine if he died when I knowingly ace decisions that weren't advantageous to his health

First of all, I'm so very sorry for your loss. I can't imagine how hard that was for you. However, I don't think it's fair to say that someone's job requirements are "dumb" and to imply that's she's knowingly endangering the life of her child. Some of us work, some of us don't, but we're all doing what is right for our lives and our families. Those who work in the medical field have high demands on our time and our bodies but if push came to shove, I feel certain that any one of us would do what was most important to be safe. I work 12 hour shifts in an ICU. I lift (never more than I'm comfortable with), I stand and walk around almost all day, and I would feel very put off if someone told me that choosing to continue with my career while pregnant was endangering my child's life.

ETA - I know a lot of other women have high demand jobs, I don't mean to say that it's restricted to medical staff. Just the example I use since I can relate. Shout out to moms who have been lugging their toddlers around the past 8 months!

CaliforniaDream87

5forjules said:

Thirty hour shifts???? Sorry but that's just dumb and very unsafe not pregnant!!!

As for 12 hour shift lifting and standing?!?!
This is a human life - wouldn't you want to give this baby the best chance? I am a mother of a stillborn baby. I did everything to ensure his health and wellbeing - and still found it hard to forgive myself. Couldn't imagine if he died when I knowingly ace decisions that weren't advantageous to his health

@5forjules This is so beyond innaproriate. So, because my job requires long hours it's dumb? You do realize a low risk pregnancy doesnt mean you're disabled right? For some reason so many women think once you're knocked up you should be coddled. Nope. There are still a lot of things you can still do-like work. Is it getting difficult? Yes. However, it's doable and not "dumb" at all. To me, what's "dumb" is a woman who needs to work but refuses too because "I'm pregnant" (again assuming a regular low risk pregnancy like mine).

Also, I'm putting my baby in harms way because I choose to continue to work to take care of my family when I am well capable of doing so? Im sorry for your loss but your scare tactic, that you are using to basically make us working moms feel bad about our decision to continue working our normal hours, is shameful.

This post just pissed me off.

moxykel

Also a nurse (L&D). 35 weeks tomorrow and continuing to work 12hr days & nights, also with a toddler at home to chase when not at work.
I worked up to 38wks with my first and delivered at 41wks.
All good questions for your OB as to whether it's time for you to slow down at work.

lesnchristina

I'm an orthopedic RN, and still work 4 twelve-16hour shifts a week. It is physically demanding, and I often do not have an aide, to help with transfers or boosting. I have been monitored very closely due to my profession and my level of physical demand. My husband does not work, and takes care is our other two children. Making it damn near impossible for me to go on leave early. I feel your pain, and often over do it. You do what you have to to keep your world rotating. Good luck momma.

JNOVA2015

Im a lawyer, and my hours can range from 40 to 90 hours a week depending on what's going on. I have tried to slow it down a little (to the lower end of the range!) over the past couple of weeks after some preterm labor symptoms at 32 weeks, but it's hard when I see the rest of my team working hard. Thankfully I'm salaried, so at least I don't have to worry about a financial hit if I need to take it easy for a couple of days. My team has been amazing in giving me time off when I want it, but it's also important to me to work as hard and long as I can because I'm our sole financial support now that DH is going to be a SAHD. I think you just have to listen to your body - if you're a nurse used to working 12s, your body has built up strength and stamina to handle that. Just a few more weeks to tough it out!!

@5forjules, I find your comments to be incredibly inappropriate. If a woman's doctor has said its fine for her to keep working (as mine has), who are you to insinuate that she could be putting her baby in harms way by following that advice? I'm very sorry for your loss, but I'm equally sure that there is nothing you did that caused it. As you said yourself, you took every precaution. Terrible things happen, but that doesn't mean that women with low risk pregnancies should be scared half to death with stories of things that are a) incredibly unlikely to happen to them and b) would likely be unrelated to their work schedule even if they did.

prthompsonfamily98

What do you mean you tried to get light duty with no success? As in your doc wouldn't give you a note for light duty? If that is the case that is bs. You are paying her tell her what you want and don't leave until she does it. After the doc note it is up to the workplace to allow it or tell you to take early leave but if they won't allow it I don't think that is a place I would want to work anyways.

JNOVA2015

prthompsonfamily98 said:

What do you mean you tried to get light duty with no success? As in your doc wouldn't give you a note for light duty? If that is the case that is bs. You are paying her tell her what you want and don't leave until she does it. After the doc note it is up to the workplace to allow it or tell you to take early leave but if they won't allow it I don't think that is a place I would want to work anyways.

Um....is this really what you think doctors are for? To tell you what you want to hear? That's about the dumbest thing I've ever heard. We pay doctors to monitor our pregnancies and ensure that we deliver healthy babies. We don't pay them to do whatever we tell them. If a doctor thinks her patient's body can handle continuing to work, then it would be wrong for the doctor to write the patient a note excusing her from work just because she wants one. That's not how the practice of medicine works.

Weirdly, you're also wrong on how this should go at the workplace. If someone has a letter from a doctor saying they need an accommodation for pregnancy (or any other disability), it's not up to the employer to pass judgment and allow or disallow it on a case by case basis. The Supreme Court just ruled on this last year, in fact.

You are seriously mixed up. Hopefully the OP won't listen to your asinine advice.

nakoppel

prthompsonfamily98 said:

What do you mean you tried to get light duty with no success? As in your doc wouldn't give you a note for light duty? If that is the case that is bs. You are paying her tell her what you want and don't leave until she does it. After the doc note it is up to the workplace to allow it or tell you to take early leave but if they won't allow it I don't think that is a place I would want to work anyways.

Uh you're docs one and only job is to ensure you and your baby are healthy. This means telling you the truth! If your doctor believes you can continue to work at your current pace and still be healthy they could lose their lisence for writing a note that says otherwise. I really hope you're being sarcastic by saying a doctors job is to tell you what you wanna here.

prthompsonfamily98

I'm a super physical job is not safe this late in the pregnancy. I would be worried my doc refuses to write me a note for at least a lifting restriction. Mine is 35 pounds. I don't need to lift 65+ pounds this late in pregnancy and anyone who does and has a doc that won't help out with a note should fine a new doc. And yes an employer doesn't have to allow you light duty they can insist you start Fmla instead.

cubberss

prthompsonfamily98 said:

I'm a super physical job is not safe this late in the pregnancy. I would be worried my doc refuses to write me a note for at least a lifting restriction. Mine is 35 pounds. I don't need to lift 65+ pounds this late in pregnancy and anyone who does and has a doc that won't help out with a note should fine a new doc. And yes an employer doesn't have to allow you light duty they can insist you start Fmla instead.

If it's something you were doing before and throughout pregnancy, it's perfectly fine to continue doing it. I don't know where you're getting your info, but I would keep researching...

Miz_Liz

prthompsonfamily98 said:

What do you mean you tried to get light duty with no success? As in your doc wouldn't give you a note for light duty? If that is the case that is bs. You are paying her tell her what you want and don't leave until she does it. After the doc note it is up to the workplace to allow it or tell you to take early leave but if they won't allow it I don't think that is a place I would want to work anyways.

That is not how it works. Patients do not simply tell their Dr what they want and refuse to leave until they do it. If Dr's followed this logic, every prescription drug addict would have an endless supply (man wouldn't the drug dealers be pissed!). You can't walk into your Dr's office and say, "My back hurts, prescribe me something," just the same as you can't walk in and say, "I don't want to work anymore, I am too tired, put me out of work." The Dr's job is to evaluate their patients and determine on a case by case basis what the particular patient needs and treat them accordingly. Are there Dr's out there who do this type of stuff? Yep. Is it legal? Nope. As someone who used to be responsible for overseeing the Workers Comp claims at work, this type of attitude and logic is extremely frustrating. That is why we would require our associates to go to the Dr of our choice (in states where we could mandate it) rather than Dr shopping until they found Dr-Summer-Off. Yes, I pay my Dr, but I pay her for the best possible care for me and my baby, not to tell me what I want to hear or to give me whatever I want when I want it. I pay her to do right by me and my unborn child and I expect her to use HER MEDICAL DEGREE to determine what "right" is.

nakoppel

prthompsonfamily98 said:

I'm a super physical job is not safe this late in the pregnancy. I would be worried my doc refuses to write me a note for at least a lifting restriction. Mine is 35 pounds. I don't need to lift 65+ pounds this late in pregnancy and anyone who does and has a doc that won't help out with a note should fine a new doc. And yes an employer doesn't have to allow you light duty they can insist you start Fmla instead.

Actually as PP said if you've been doing it the whole pregnancy there no reason to stop. Unless you've had other complications

Joie80

nakoppel said:

prthompsonfamily98 said:

I'm a super physical job is not safe this late in the pregnancy. I would be worried my doc refuses to write me a note for at least a lifting restriction. Mine is 35 pounds. I don't need to lift 65+ pounds this late in pregnancy and anyone who does and has a doc that won't help out with a note should fine a new doc. And yes an employer doesn't have to allow you light duty they can insist you start Fmla instead.

Actually as PP said if you've been doing it the whole pregnancy there no reason to stop. Unless you've had other complications

I don't know what the rules are surrounding this, and my situation is a lot less pressing, but there is a difference as pregnancy progresses. I'm a runner and 37 weeks into my pregnancy, I cannot physically do what I was doing 2nd tri and even as late as a couple weeks ago. In addition, lifting my toddler has become almost impossible. I suppose I COULD do these things, but my body has been really good about telling me no lately. My OB is really good about saying, do what you're accustomed to, but stop if it becomes painful or uncomfortable. If you are uncomfortable with more physical stress as you progress, your OB should definitely take that into consideration and trust your judgement of your capabilities.

ChanelLovesB

So many MDs and PhDs on this post. Ima dip off. I feel underquified to post *rolls eyes* PEACE out yall

CaliforniaDream87

@ChanelLovesB how does your comment help the OP? No one here ever stated they were MD's. Everyone here has given their opinions on what the OP posted.

It's ironic because weren't you one of the posters that agreed with A15 being "mean and snarky" yet your post seems unnecessary snarky. Pot calling kettle I guess.

ChanelLovesB

My comment was zero percent about the OP and completely about how it seems like there was some judge and jury type of comments about the women working still or the types of jobs. Actually in agreement quite a few posters. No snark. But you all continue as I had already left this convo. @CaliforniaDream87

But @jessicamuse take care of yourself girl. I pray it all works out and your job becomes a bit more understanding or gives you some alternative responsibilities. My job isn't the most understanding either so I feel you. U know your body best. Hope it all works out!

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brielee333

Please be careful. I ended up in the hospital for three days at 29 weeks because I "overdid it". Dehydration (which occurs surprisingly easily) and being on my feet for too long ended up causing me to have regular contractions that had to be stopped medically. Luckily, they got it under control, but I have been on bed rest since then and couldn't go back to work.

It never occurred to me that what I was doing was too much. I wish I had thought to ask my doctor. If you are worried about it, your fears are legitimate and definitely worth speaking to your doctor about. Good luck!