Moving furniture, is it safe?

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I've just moved quite a heavy cupboard on my own, and an armchair to make way for the Christmas Tree. This wont harm the baby will it?

I'm not sure why they tell us not to lift/move things xx

It won't harm your baby but it might harm you. Something to do with muscles becoming loose or something which means you could seriously injure yourself.

It's you that's the worry - easily do your back in or something.

Ooooh. I felt stupid after I'd done it. I think I just got carried away

Thanks for the advice girlies! xxxx

The day I realised that I was late, I'd spent the morning shifting furniture in the club I'm on the committee for for a wedding reception that day - Cast iron based tables aren't the lightest things in the world. Right now though, I don't think I could muster the energy to move them an inch. Just know your limits and listen to your body.

It's the hormone relaxin, which kicks in about 20 weeks. ( earlier for second etc). It makes you all stretchy for labour but it does mean you bend more than before, which could result in straining yourself without realising. So it doesn't mean you can't, it means you shouldn't as will pay later.

The hormone also affects your grip and I drop everything like a clutz all the time....