My wife is 14 weeks pregnant, Our bedrooms and bathroom are upstairs. What precautions should I take?

Question

Is it OK for her to use the stairs?
What all activities should she do and avoid?

Serious answers only, thanks in advance for your replies...

Answer 1

It is ok for her to use the stairs, I have a split level home and I had to do alot of stair climbing during my pregnancy. Just make sure she doesn't have to carry anything up and down the stairs; like laundry. I made that mistake and fell down our stairs, the baby and I were OK, but it scared me. Keep the stairs clear of anything that she might trip on. As she gets further along it does get a little difficult, but everything will be OK. My advice to you is be there for her, and give her all the attention she needs!!!

Answer 2

That's good that your bedroom and bathroom are close because she'll be utilizing both OFTEN in the months to come. Climbing stairs is perfectly fine and is good exercise. A handrail helps.

I'm pregnant with my third right now and have two toddlers upstairs so I've been going up and down for 8 months now. Since I'm bigger and a little clumsier now I'm more careful but there are no restrictions as far as stairs go.

Common activities to avoid for all pregnant women might be lifting over 50 pounds, exercises not approved for pregnancy, certain sports (ask your doctor or consult a pregnancy book for a good list) and flying or traveling long distances very close to your due date.

Only if she were in a high-risk pregnancy or had some applicable pre-existing condition would a doctor advise restrictions.

Congratulations!

Answer 3

Awww....your sweet. I'm almost 14 weeks and stuck in the basement of a house most of the time....with the bathroom upstairs....I feel her pain...I hate the middle of the night trips to the bathroom.....Other than that being nuisance she should be ok. She just needs to be careful on the stairs. I lose my balance easily now. She is lucky to have such a great father for her child. My baby's father ran as far away as possible from me when I found out.....and he's an adult....so there's no real good explanation....He's just a loser! Good Job, though.

Answer 4

As long it is okay with her doctor- she should be able to continue normal routines like stair climbing--- however if you have the option of using downstairs- do so. Most places now a days have a bathroom upstairs and downstairs, however if your place only has a bathroom upstairs you may want to have one of the wheelchair lifts put in on the stairwell-- you could convert any of the rooms downstairs into a temporary bedroom for your wife only if needed.

Answer 5

If your wife is healthy to begin with, she should be able to carry on with the same physical activities she has done up to now. Some activities may need to be modified throughout the pregnancy, water skiing would not be a good idea, but swimming is great. Anything done at high speed with a large chance of impact would be bad. Starting an intense workout would not be good. Walking, swimming and other low impact activities are great for most people. And obviously stay away from smoking, drugs, alcohol and see a Dr. regularly. Congratulations and good luck.

Answer 6

Normal activity is the best thing for her, however I don't know in the third trimester if she is gonna be loving those stairs. Only problem I can foresee, but you can't really do anything about is if she is downstairs every time she has to go tinkle, which will be lots she will have to go up the stairs and after awhile the baby will be up on her lung/ribcage area and she will be short of breath. Congrats on the baby and good luck to you both. Nice to see a husband being to concerned, if this is any kind of example of what kind of father you will be your baby is very fortunate.

Answer 7

The basic rule is that any activity that she was doing before, she can keep doing. I know one lady who was still on her bowling league while nine months pregnant.

That begin said, she may need a hand getting up and down stairs in the last month. Be sensitive to her and help her whenever you see her struggling. Other than that, the exercise will be good for her.

Sleeping downstairs is not an option for her because she will need to be close to the bathroom.

Answer 8

YOu are so sweet to take such good care of your wife. She'll be fine with the bedroom and bathroom upstairs.
Basically, she can do everthing she did before pregnancy unless told not to by the docs.
The only thing to avoid is sitting in a hot tub or jacuzzi for more than about 5 minutes-- it can raise the temp. too high for the baby and cause damage.
She needs to eat healthy, take walks (swimming is the BEST!) and just listen to her body and if she gets tired, rest.
Take lots of pictures for the baby book and enjoy!

Answer 9

She's pregnant, not ill. Yes, she can climb stairs. :-) It's very sweet of you to be so concerned. Unless there is a problem with her pregnancy, she can do pretty much everything she normally does.

EDITED to add.....AFTER the baby comes she should not go up and down the stairs more than about once a day for the first few weeks while she is healing.

Answer 10

She's only three and a half months pregnant of course she can take the stairs. I'm only 11 and I know that. No offense. Just make sure when she starts to get big to help as much as possible. My mom needed my help a lot because my stepdad was always at work.