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Does Bending And Stretching Affect Pregnancy?
Posted on
Mon, 2 Mar 2015
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Ask A Doctor - 24x7 Medical Review Team
Mon, 2 Mar 2015
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Mon, 30 Mar 2015
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Question : i took pregancy test for two days blue line was faint on postive side but u could see it clearly so iam thinking iam pregant, but i drive a amubalance van picking up patients and securing their wheelchair with scraps, i bend over alot but really no lifting just pushing their wheelchairs around, with this job hurt pregancy in any way?
Brief Answer:
Don't work more than 40 hours per week. Don't shift obese patients
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Congratulations.
Whether the line is faint or dark as long it is seen it means that you are pregnant.
You working in the ambulance is fine. Your routine work of picking up patients and securing their wheel chair is also fine during pregnancy. When you are strapping the patients to wheel chair kneel down and do it. This is the right way of doing it. Doing reasonable work during pregnancy is good for you and your baby.
What are your working hours? Do you work more than 40 hours in a day?If so then you need to reduce your working hours as this may cause a small increase in your chance of miscarriage.
Are most your patients obese. If you are pushing on wheel chair routinely patients weighing more than 100 kg, then even this is not good ( Occasionally taking obese patients is okay) as this may cause a very slight increase in the possibility of miscarriage. So you need to keep this in mind.
Good luck
Take a tablet of folic acid daily.
If you have any further concerns do write to me.
Don't work more than 40 hours per week. Don't shift obese patients
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Congratulations.
Whether the line is faint or dark as long it is seen it means that you are pregnant.
You working in the ambulance is fine. Your routine work of picking up patients and securing their wheel chair is also fine during pregnancy. When you are strapping the patients to wheel chair kneel down and do it. This is the right way of doing it. Doing reasonable work during pregnancy is good for you and your baby.
What are your working hours? Do you work more than 40 hours in a day?If so then you need to reduce your working hours as this may cause a small increase in your chance of miscarriage.
Are most your patients obese. If you are pushing on wheel chair routinely patients weighing more than 100 kg, then even this is not good ( Occasionally taking obese patients is okay) as this may cause a very slight increase in the possibility of miscarriage. So you need to keep this in mind.
Good luck
Take a tablet of folic acid daily.
If you have any further concerns do write to me.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Pradeep Vitta
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