Mar
I've read soooooo much about stuff that “they say not to do”. Vacuuming,just simple everyday stuff like that. I know someone that works at a nursing home with a girl like that,that refuses to do anything she would normally do cleaning wise because she's 3 months pregnant. (no,her doctor didn't order her not to do it). I know so many women that are listening to this “don't vacuum,don't sweep,don't mop” thing,and I don't even know where this got started,because I do vacuuming,sweeping,mopping,everything I would normally do when not pregnant,just change the cleaners around or use dish soap to avoid having the chemicals get to me. It seems like the general pregnant population is (some of them) getting lazy anymore,like spots for parking right up front?? It's not hard to walk,they advise walking while you're pregnant. For women with problems,it's understandable,but the general population? Pregnancy is uncomfortable,it's how it works. What do you think,do you think some of them are just seeming lazy anymore?
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I think soceity in general is getting too paranoid, to be honest, not just the pregnant population. People are so quick to assume, that kids have a certain disorder just because they're hyper (like ADHD) — kids are going to have spurts of hyperness, it's just what they do. They have more energy than adults… then with pregnant ladies, they're quick to assume one soda or one cup of tea is going to be the end of the world. I mean, its good to be informed, but a lot of people take it too far. I don't think its always out of laziness, though, that is the case at times.
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i've never heard of such a thing unless it is a high risk pregnancy. And why are you being so hard on women? Where I live it is typically 95 degrees out during the summer with 100% humidity. I resent having to walk the whole length of the parking lot while people that don't even look handicapped get to park in the front. I've never seen any places other than Babies R Us that have parking for expectant Mothers.
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I notice this in the US and Canada just in the Yahoo questions alone. Women are amazed I still work full time and they’re the women from the says “But you're pregnant?!” What the heck? I'm not crippled. My hips are a mess but I still do everything I did before. So I do concur with you it seems ridiculous.
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Dont think we're getting lazy just think there’s so many things that u cant do nowadays woman seem to be getting extra careful… and so they should… if they feel it might be harmful to their baby then why take the risk. However I dont agree that doctors/etc should be telling things that are harmful when they're not… woman have given birth to healthy children for centuries whilst doing daily routine activities so whats the problem now!?
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I haven't noticed that where I live, (in the US). Are you in Canada or the UK?
If they don't do any exercise its just going to make their bodies weaker and childbirth and taking care of the baby afterwards will be harder.
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D.A.B lmfao…ugh!!!!
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you know its funny, cuz when I was prego I did everything, infact my family was in the process of opening a tiny shop and we had to completely gut it out and clean the crap out of it and there I was at 6-9 months working on my hands and knees with this place. My aunt was also prego and she wouldnt lift a finger. I hated that. She was sooooo lazy. and people wonder why our society has gotten so fat. Im not just talking about prego people either now… lol
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I have not heard of it being this extreme but I agree with you that that is pretty messed up. I worked all the way until through this past Sunday, so that was like five days before my due date. And my work required me to be on my feet. Only thing I couldn't really do was lift things, and bending down got real difficult, too. The only reason I stopped working when I did is because I was and still am in pure agony from incredibly swollen legs which feel like (but they don't) they’ve bruises all over them. Can't bend my legs without a lot of pain, etc. so now I’m not doing much because standing is so painful. Let alone trying to sit or get in and out of a automobile!
But under normal circumstances there is no reason a pregnant woman can not do most of her normal daily routine.
Heck, my first pregnancy, I was 6 months along when we moved and I had to pack our entire 3 bedroom (6 ppl) place by myself minus the kids stuff which I made them pack, and wound up moving most of the smaller stuff myself in many carloads cause the day we rented the truck did not get properly planned out and my hubby was working and I was not.
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I would love to have the energy to hoover and mop and clean all the time but i can barely move to the toilet without needing to halt and rest afterwards.
And then theres the back and pelvis pain and im still relatively early on so its only going to get worse or so im told.
I hate not being able to do as much as i would like and I’ve encounter some right lazy bitches who are pregnant - case in point one friends pregnant gf said to him “you have to make the dinner cos you know i cant stand up after 6pm” - WTF?
That got me so angry cos she went off sick as soon as she found out she was pregnant and had lied about taking the pill in the first place. She wanted it, shes stuck with it, she should put up with it.
I appreciate that many women have an easy time of pregnancy and can continue life, activities and exercise as normal, unfortunately im not one of them and it p*sses me off big time.
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i hear you. women use it as an excuse to not do things. i mean i comprehend some people are high risk and they physically are not allowed to do much but each day i am telling my friends and family 'hey im 4 months pregnant, not dying of cancer' no one wants to let me do anything! but the physician told me whatever i did before pregnancy i can basically do during, just use common sense. walking up stairs, swimming, lifting a couple gallons of milk isn’t going to injured anything. hell my mother was 7 months and still did hay on her farm. i came out ok. you just gotta be careful and pay attention. if you get tired, or sore, stop. don't move real fast. girls just like the attention and the excuse to get out of doing anything i think and they make those of us that don't want to abuse the pregnancy privilege look like endangering moms ha ha
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I agree that it seems to be getting more and more mad! Eventually as soon as you conceive you’ll be put in a plastic bubble and monitored constantly until after you give birth! I am not sure it is exactly people being lazy but people being overly concerned… medical experts tell us don't do this… and this and this and this and oh this as well… and stay away from this etc etc etc the list seems endless. Some of it is general sense advice but a lot of it has not got any good research behind it, its just medics avoiding litigation. As soon as you become pregnant your body belongs to someone else…. and its not your baby!!… its your doctor/ nurse /midwife who piles you with a lot of scary information about what could happen if you do x, y or z. The thing is I worked for a charity in Nepal for a while and saw how loads of women manage without any medical intervention AT ALL. They work up until they give birth and certainly aren't “taking it easy” or having risk assessments for their place of work. Obviously no one in the western world thinks we should go back to the days of no antenatal care but maybe if it was a little more positive, a little more you can do things… you are normal and therefore can act normal things would be less stressful and worrying for the mum-to-be. Anyway, rant over.
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