Doctors orders: no cardio/intercourse after 24 wks??

Re: Doctors orders: no cardio/intercourse after 24 wks??

• carrotcake06 member

  December 2014

  Without any other complications, no. My OB was pretty relaxed and I could continue as much as I was comfortable with. Seems a bit much.

  
  
  
  

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• MissEm15 member

  December 2014

  I didn't get put on pelvic rest until I was put on bed rest for preterm labor at 26w. I was walking almost daily up until then & DH were together just like normal up to then.

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• FaeryStarGazer member

  December 2014

  I was still throwing up daily at 24w (yaaaaay motherfucking HEG) so the no sex/no cardio thing was kind of a given, but I wasn't put on real pelvic rest until 35w. I was never told to limit light cardio though. 

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• plswitze member

  December 2014

  I felt it was awfully conservative as well considering (knock on wood) I have had no issues to speak of.... Gonna get a second opinion from my perinatologist.

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• ksgsmu member

  December 2014

  I have been on pelvic rest since my embryo transfer.... for various different reasons... now even if we could do the deed it would be nearly impossible! 
  
  I was put on bedrest at 27 weeks for a shortening cervix.
  
  Talk to you MFM and see what they say!
  

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• macchiatto member

  December 2014 edited December 2014

  That does seem conservative!
  They did have me cut way back on exercise around that point; I moved back to just walking. We had intercourse up until 37w though; my OB didn't put any restrictions on that.

  (I also had di/di twins and no complications.)

  fraternal twin boys born january 2009

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• plswitze member

  December 2014

  MrsLee04 said:

  I'm not a fan of blanket policies like that. Your OB should be treating patients on a case by case basis. I didn't exercise during my pg, but DH and I continued activity up until the babies were born (at 36w). If I had complications my OB would've placed restrictions.

  
  I agree.

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• dal2aus member

  December 2014

  I agree with MrsLee04.  Talk to MFM and perhaps find an OB who reads medical journals from this century.  When we first found out about our twins at 8 wks, my OB told me to hold off on exercise until I saw MFM.  Then, during 2nd tri, she wanted me to walk more.  Unless there is a specific complication the OB is trying to manage, sex and exercise should be fine.  Multiples are not a complication.

  

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