Regularly tending allotment whilst pregnant - can I?

[theprincessthepea]

Have anyone if you tended to an allotment or gardens whilst pregnant? I haven’t visited my allotment throughout the first trimester (fatigue etc) but want to give it a go but everyone around me keep sharing horror stories about infections and how I should be taking it easy.

I will avoid heavy lifting and will spend most of my time weeding, pruning, tending (well autumn/ winter is coming so there won’t be that much to do).

Apart from washing hands and wearing gloves - do you have any tips? I would also like to just hear from other green mums (I love gardening with my tween and want to continue)

Thanks

Make sure your tetanus booster is up to date and avoid any heavy lifting, otherwise carry on. The fresh air and exercise will be good for you.

Keep gardening, it's so good for you. Keeps you supple, gives you a minor workout, good for relaxation, and it's always nice to have an excuse to get out in the fresh air. Yes, wear gloves, and yes always wash your hands when you get in.

Exercise is good for you, light gardening is more than doable.

I would have if I'd still have been able to bend- was one of my biggest frustrations during pregnancy if I'm honest

It's good for you, just don't overdo it. DH bought long handled trowel and fork for me so I could poke about. Working together we managed to keep going all through pregnancy with him doing all the bits I didn't feel up to (which sometimes was almost anything). If I wasn't actually active in the ground I'd be planning the next planting and supervising him.

The whooping cough vaccine given in pregnancy is usually Boostrix which contains a tetanus vaccine, so if OP has had that she should be fine ☺️