just once?
I haven't done this, but a pregnant friend of mine is nervous b/c she lifted something heavy and was worried that she may have caused something to go wrong. She called her doctor and she's fine though.
I guess I'm sensitive on this topic b/c my first pregnancy was a m/c. While I was still pg, my MIL told me not to lift anything heavy and I told her that I had lifted a heavy bag of dogfood but wasn't worried b/c a m/c caused by heavy lifting during early pregnancy is an old wives tale. Her response was silence - which is what she does when she disagrees with me. Then I miscarried. She told me to be very, very careful next time.
Anyway... I guess if you're lifting heavy crap over and over it might be harmful, but just once?
Re: can you really cause harm to a pregnancy by lifting something heavy
All depending on how much it weights.
I was told i can left things under 10 lbs by the doctor just watch how i pick it up. I came home from the store last week with a case of water and my BF got all upset about me bringing it inside, he said it is to heavy for me and he will do it.
Lifting heavy things will not cause a miscarriage. If you are spotting or something they suggest you take it easy and not lift heavy things until you can be assessed. Not sure of the exact reason, but otherwise, miscarriages are generally not caused by anything that you have done. Most healthy pregnant women can continue to lift what they normally would lift prior to being pregnant. As your body releases relaxin, however, it becomes easier to be injured so you want to decrease the intensity of your exercises and what you lift, and you should not try to increase the amount you would normally be able to lift. Your friend is fine, and you should not feel guilty. I have tried to take it as easy as possible during this pregnancy, but working at a music store, I have had to lift keyboards and amplifiers from time to time.
I am sorry for your loss. I know how hard it is not to blame yourself.
I carry my toddler, and lift my 7 yr old all the time.
Like Hyfagal said - it puts more strain on the pelvic muscles, but there is no risk of going into labor or hurting the baby by lifting things if you have a low risk, normal pregnancy.
I lift my 37 lb child all the time.
The risk is to you, not the baby, since our bodies are so stressed with the pregnancy now.
I had the same thought - I have no choice but to lift my 25 pound 18 month old. We can't possibly be expected to go through pregnancy and not lift our older children.
I am very, very bad about this. I lift/carry my 40 pound SD pretty often. I lift 48 pound bags of dog food when I'm at the grocery store. I sling 50 pound bags of feed and have shoveled really heavy grain more than once. (Whoa, does that scream, "Hi, I'm from Arkansas" or what?) I've moved furniture as I've been "nesting".
Don't tell my doctor... or my husband. DH gets mad when I try to do things for myself. We have weekly fights about it, which usually end in me yelling "Don't baby me!" He worries; I do not.
~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
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My OB said it's completely fine because I am used to it. If I never lifted anything above 5 lbs or had certain conditions (such as placenta previa), that would be different. However, as a healthy, active individual who has been lifting said child for the last 5 years, no there is no risk to me.
I'm with kdodge here.
You don't need to be a drama queen about it, but we should all be careful not to strain ourselves.
IMO, even wifes tales usually have some degree of validity to them. Obviously things like hanging a string over your belly to tell the gender is BS, but a lot of them have some amount of truth behind them.