Is it bad to lift heavy things when a few weeks pregnant?

Answer 1

yes it is..if you dont want the baby then go right ahead...it puts strain on you to lose the baby

Answer 2

The first trimester can be a pretty delicate time. Anything over fifty pounds generally isn't recommended. That isn't to say that you can't do anything at all during your entire pregnancy. Exercise is good for bother mother and baby, even if it is fifteen to twenty minutes of good stretching a day it CAN make a difference.

Childbirth is like the Boston marathon of the life cycle. During child birth, muscles are working to push the baby out that you might not even know you had. Keeping limber and healthy during pregnancy will help immensely during child birth. Pregnancy isn't a good time to take up power lifting but if you are already on an exercise/fitness routine then only minor adjustments to your routine may be needed (cut back on the tae bo and add another yoga set kinda thing). As always consult your doctor or midwife to determine an activity schedule for you. Congrats and best of luck!! :o)

Answer 3

I was a few weeks pregnant when we moved into a new house. I didn't lift the really heavy stuff, but I did the smaller stuff. So, I'd say within moderation. Nothing that is too strainful.

Answer 4

If it doesn't strain your muscles too much, then lifting heavy things isn't going to harm you or your baby. As long as you know your limits, you should be fine until your spine starts to change its shape. I'm 35 weeks pregnant and I worked at an animal shelter the first month. I carried around 50 bags and dragged 80-100 pound bags of stuff, and my baby is just as fine as can be. I did stop heavy lifting and dragging at about 4 months or so, cause it started to hurt more than normal. I definitely don't lift anything heavy now! Just don't over-exert yourself, and you should be fine.

Answer 5

previous due in being pregnant a woman’s skill to effectively raise a load decreases, quite often by means of fact her center of gravity and stability have replaced and additionally by means of fact the hormones of being pregnant have brought about her connective tissue, ligaments and tendons to melt. So if she lifts a heavy load she will injure herself, yet will probable do no injury to the being pregnant or the baby. There are no longer any study that teach that lifting better than 25 pounds has an effect on beginning weight or prematurity. the present advice is that the optimum load a pregnant woman could desire to lift in previous due being pregnant could desire to be decreased by using 20 to 20-5 p.c. from that which she became into able to develop in her pre-being pregnant state.

Answer 6

8. Pregnant women should not carry heavy items.

True. Nothing more than 25 pounds.

Explanation: The pregnant body is already burdened by additional weight, which throws off a woman's balance and makes her more likely to fall. This and other things that cause a diminished sense of balance in pregnant women should be avoided, as a fall after the first trimester may be devastating to the pregnancy — always requiring immediate medical attention.

Answer 7

well i was working with heavy boxes before i found out i was pregnant, it didn't hurt the baby. Im alot more careful now. If lifting is part of your job ask your boss about other jobs you can do instead. Lifting heavy boxes hurt my back but my doctor said that everything ok, so talk to your doctor and to be safe to lifting over 25lbs. Congrads and good luck

Answer 8

When I was a nurses assistant, there was other nursing assistants that were pregnant and they came to work everyday and worked their bums off (lifting and transporting and wheeling patients). It's not easy to lift a human body (invalid), but these pregnant women did and they were just fine. They never had any miss-carriages because of lifting. These women also worked up til their 9th month of pregnancy. (one week before their due date).

But, in my personal opinion. I would say:
Don't lift anything more than 50 pounds when you are pregnant.

Don't lift anything more than 10-15 pounds for 6 weeks after the baby is born.

Cheers

Answer 9

Congratulations on the new baby and good luck with the rest of your pregnancy. I wouldn't lift anything heavy, but it's not necessarily bad. It could strain you, so just take it easy and rest for a while. Hope I helped! :)

Answer 10

Normally they say it will not hurt the baby. However, all your joints and ligaments become looser because of pregnancy hormones. You are much more likely to pull a muscle or even dislocate something. You need to be careful for over six months afterwards also.

Answer 11

No, my wife was able to carry an end of the sofa, moving in the dead of winter, while 6-7 months along.

Our daughter is just fine, and no complications, except for being breech and needing a C-section.