Doing too much/little?

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I am 22 weeks pregnant and since I got pregnant, everyone seems to have an opinion, albeit well-meaning, on what is a suitable level of exertion for a pregnant woman. I feel fine in myself except for dizziness when I stand for long periods and tiredness of course. I have been doing what I consider to be approppriate for me, but I am wondering now if I am being skewed by people's reactions and if I am in fact doing too much or being lazy!

Below is a list of some activities. Please could you tell me which you would or wouldn't do at 5/6 months pregnant?

• Swimming
• Do full house clean inc hoovering, reaching up to curtain poles
• Have family to stay for long weekend inc getting ready for them, cooking, stripping beds after
• go on a hen weekend inc dancing til 1am
• Pressure wash patio
• Drive 2.5 hours then do return journey next day
• Have party for 30 guests inc 12 staying over for the weekend
• Spend a day walking (with breaks for cake coffee)
• Climb 3 flights stairs 2-4 times a day at work
• Do weekly shop and lift into car then house

Interested to hear your opinions!

TIA

I'm 26 weeks and have done all of the above in the past 10 weeks and would probably do it again now but it really does depend on how you feel. i wak some mornings and cant be bothered to even leave the house, yet the next day I have a big surge of energy. I dont think there's hard and fast rules, everyone is different so d what you're comfortable with and sod what anyone else thinks :) xx

Depends on age, fitness levels and whether or not you have any pelvis or back problems. I have longterm pelvic instability and am getting SPD this time around - therefore hoovering and anything involving pelvic pressure/twisting is an absolute no no. In fact, driving for that length of time is a no no as well. An hour, possibly 1.5h just about - 2.5h, no. Walking that much, no.

I can carry a reasonable amount of shopping but it HAS to be weighted evenly on both sides - and I can't carry it far.

I am now 6m in and the nightly hip pressure pain is starting to cause sleeplessness - I can stay on one side for only so long before having to turn
over and can no longer comfortably sleep on my back.

We had carpets fitted on Friday in the bedrooms - I managed to take apart and put back together a heavy wooden double bed frame by myself (didn't lift the mattress off the bed but did put it back on) but with judicious use of supports and sliding stuff around. Am paying for it now though - walking very badly today. :(

I think as long as you still feel fine and you're not experiencing any ill effects from what you're doing then carry on - but be prepared for things to get harder as you get further along.