Any more pregnant gardeners out there?

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I'm 24 weeks pregnant with my first child and am a self-employed gardener. Just wondering if there is anyone else out there who is/was in same position and how long they continued working for? I've got a friend I get to help if a job requires any heavy lifting/digging, and my current plan is to try and keep working until about 30-32 weeks, although probably only 3-4 hours/day for the last weeks. Does that seem realistic to you? Guess it depends on how big the bump gets and whether I can still bend down to weed?!

Hey ! Yes I am too, only working 3-4 days but pretty full on. I have two garden designs to complete and build and at this show garden this week. I honestly feel terrible, totally exhausted !!

I'm 11 weeks so not at the stage of saying anything but have already sorted out extra staff which I am definitely going to use. Less profit but I will not be on my knees !

This is my third and I worked with my first until 7 months but I was only doing jobs for a couple hours at a time, totally different to whole days, last time with dd I was doing bits of lecturing and workshops so not working much.

I think I will see how it goes, still managing to do a fair bit though no ones mentioned anything yet( just think I've got a beer belly I think ! )

Congrats fellow gardener !

Pregnant farmer here so not the same but similar! A midwife friend told me when I was worrying about the physicality of my job that my body would tell me when to stop. With ds1 she was right and I wS fine hulking stuff around etc untill about 33 weeks when I had to slow up on the heavier jobs and about 37 weeks I struggled to do much more than paperwork. I'm 33 weeks with dc2 now and feeling v similar.

Yeah it's amazing what you can get done when you have a rest and get back to it, I have sometimes forgotten I'm pregnant and then got looks and I realise how odd it must look doing that kind of stuff with a massive bump !

I'm not a gardener as a profession, but I do have a large garden and love gardening. I have really struggled with gardening more than any other physical activity - to the point we have started paying for a gardener over last few months (I'm now 38 weeks). I think I managed to keep it up until about the middle of my pregnancy - even mowing lawn until about 26 weeks if I remember rightly, but bending to weed became really really difficult and especially getting into awkward positions to get out weeds at the back by fence. Having said that, I had to do it all at the weekend in one or two days - and might have managed more if it was a few hours a day. I think Peanut is right, your body will tell you what you can and can't do. Everyone's so different you might manage up till 32 weeks, but I know I wouldn't have.

Thanks for the responses, reassuring!