Gardening while pregnant - apart from Toxoplasmosis, are there are risks?

[thehouseofmirth]

My allotment has turned into a jungle over the summer as I was feeling too sick and tired to do anything to it. Now I'm 19 weeks and supposedly blooming and full of energy I thought I'd better sort it before I'm too big. I'm wearing gloves most of the time as I know the soil can have diseases in it and my main tasks are pulling up weeds and light digging but I'm wondering if there's anything I shouldn't be doing?

[Romney]

Just take it fairly easy. I've been out gardening today (some light stuff, potting up and the like) and I'm at 39 weeks! Stay within your comfort zone.

[moominsmummy]

I think the biggest risk is your blood pressure going up with sheer annoyance as people constantly say "ooo - should you be doing that in your condition?" as romney said do stay in your comfort zone - I was up scaffolding trimming a hedge at 39+3 but then I felt 100% and full of beans at that stage of pg.

on a positive note, lots of weeding or planting whilst on your hands and knees will get baba into the right position