oops! I keep forgetting I am pregnant...

tjp77 · September 2009

and I keep lifting things...I just carried a large load of laundry up the stairs and now I am regretting it. I keep doing things and then after the fact realize I probably shouldn't have done that. Anyone else?

RedHeadedLeo85 · September 2009

DD is 45lbs and I pick her up (on occasion) and I am fine.

beckerella · September 2009

I forget that I have a bump now so I keep running into things/people. Like going in for a hug, I misjudge the distance and belly slam people. Whoops!

susanlovestexas · September 2009

With a normal pregnancy, there's no reason at all that you shouldn't be able to carry laundry, even very large loads. Don't worry about it!

MarthaP18 · September 2009

If something needs to be picked up, I just pick it up (within reason, obviously... I'm not going to lift 80 pounds). But I don't have the patience to wait around for someone else to do something for me. And so far, so good.

AdamsWife08 · September 2009

I think you're fine lifting laundry...it's not that heavy. My Dr's office said not to lift anything unassisted over 35-40 lbs.

Mrs.Keith2B · September 2009

I helped DH carry a huge roll of carpeting up our stairs and I'm fine....granted I was at the bottom just holding it up while he pulled it up the stairs...poor DH Stick out tongue

Mrs.BoomBoom · September 2009

Ha ha, I've been lifting FURNITURE! Laundry (unless it's a big wet load which you'll be carrying outside to hang) should be fine.

anabell0920 · September 2009

I take laundry up and down the stairs all the time.

rebecca_cross · September 2009

beckerella:
I forget that I have a bump now so I keep running into things/people. Like going in for a hug, I misjudge the distance and belly slam people. Whoops!

LOL. This, I have been running into counters and tables lately too.

Hip2Bsquare · September 2009

When I take my dogs out I have to put my 25lb pug in the back because he can't jump up there himself and my 60lb boxer only gets her front legs in and then waits for me to lift her up. I have only seen her jump into the back completely on her own maybe two times since we have had the SUV.

NeverKnew · September 2009

I don't forget, but I do things that I'm probably not supposed to and hope that DH doesn't catch me. Like, lifting the dog into the car (okay, it's not like an 80-lb dead lift - he puts his front paws up on the back and I heft his back half into the car.) I lift the ottoman and vacuum under it. I listen to my body, and if I feel like I'm straining anything, I let up.

35-40 lbs is a lot of weight. Wink

BonnieG79 · September 2009

I asked my doctor about lifting at my last appointment because I am a nurse and we constantly have to lift patients. She told me that as long as it was something I was doing before pregnancy I would be fine doing it now.

ibis · September 2009

I practically closed the car door on my own belly recently because apparently I have no sense of how big my body is anymore.

As long as you feel fine doing physical activities, there is no reason to limit yourself. I am very active, lift things all the time, carry ladders, etc. and I feel great.

MFalor · September 2009

I forget I'm pregnant and people will mention it or ask me something and it takes me a moment to remember. Or they'll say "How are you today?" in this meaningful way, but I'm just like "Fine, how are you?"

rubbaduck · September 2009

Don't tell DH that I can lift laundry. I'm enjoying him going up and down two flights of stairs to help me out. haha

tripps · September 2009

LOL. Yes, I keep opening the car door on my belly. Can't imagine when it gets bigger.

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