Thread: Are these true?

I have a friend whose pregnancy didn't make it past 7 weeks. That was many years ago, so she's been able to move on, but she keeps telling me all this stuff that has me freaked out, and that I've never heard before.

She says while pregnant, you shouldn't reach or stretch up.

She says while pregnant, you can't mow the grass because the baby can ....vibrate out? (Wouldn't it get banged around during sex if this were true?)

She says while pregnant, do not bend over a lot at the waist.

I'm constantly bending and stretching at work...and now she's got me paranoid!

LOL I think those are old wives tales. If pregnancies were so fragile that "reaching up" or "bending low" could dislodge it, I imagine our ancesters (most of whom had to work their butts off hunting and gathering and farming and stuff) would have died out looooong ago. LOL

My bootcamp instructor is 6+ months pregnant and she still demos things. She also still does about 80% of her kickboxung class. My friend went to these classes until the day before she delivered. She did tend not to do bouncy things but that was out of comfort.

For the normal person, as long as you are listening to your body, you are fine.

I ran a half marathon at 24 weeks with my son. If there was any way he could've dislodged, I bet he would've done it over those 13.1 miles or the training runs leading up to it.

Originally Posted by HollyRK

I ran a half marathon at 24 weeks with my son. If there was any way he could've dislodged, I bet he would've done it over those 13.1 miles or the training runs leading up to it.

Wow~! That's awesome.

I could probably run....to my car...if it's raining...and cold. LOL

Originally Posted by babywings1

I could probably run....to my car...if it's raining...and cold. LOL

Haha...you're too funny.

I really hope those things aren't true, I also do a lot of bending and reaching at work. I also from time to time lift heavy materials like paver samples and stone samples when I have meetings. I need to announce my pregnancy to my office before the next one. I almost threw my back out a couple months ago trying to lift one.

No way, that's so bogus! I've heard of people falling down stairs when they were WAY pregnant and everything was fine. There is a LOT in there protecting the baby especially now that they're small. I mean, there are things that you're not supposed to do like go on rollercoasters or go skydiving or something but that's a little more obvious.

Oh I should add though that if you are prone to preterm labor, it is a different story because then you are confined to bed rest and can't do a lot of stuff because it could put you in labor. But that's not everybody and only happens if you have a bout with early contractions. Anyway...

I run all the time to the fridge to get olives!

The only one I've ever heard of was the bending over. I was always told to bend at the knees.

Originally Posted by Mari626

The only one I've ever heard of was the bending over. I was always told to bend at the knees.

Yeah, but I've just heard that generally it's better for your body to bend at the knees instead of the waist because it doesn't put strain on your back. Doesn't really have much to do w/ pregnancy though.

Originally Posted by tori729

Yeah, but I've just heard that generally it's better for your body to bend at the knees instead of the waist because it doesn't put strain on your back. Doesn't really have much to do w/ pregnancy though.

LOL, you see and I was told that the first time when I was pregnant with DD.