is it bad to do a lot of bending over/leaning foward?

with all this packing and moving I feel like I am doing a lot of bending and sitting and getting up, and leaning foward.

I am not lifting, but I feel like I am becoming more aware of the weight in my pelvis that it's weird feeling.

Re: is it bad to do a lot of bending over/leaning foward?

I don't think that it's bad.... more that it's more difficult for us to bend over the tummies and then realign ourselves properly....

Actually I would think that the bending is more like a stretching exercise than anything...

Re: is it bad to do a lot of bending over/leaning foward?

It's not bad, it just may be difficult to get back up. I know it is for me. I drop things constantly and it's really a pathetic sight to see me trying to pick them up again.

Re: is it bad to do a lot of bending over/leaning foward?

It's not bad to do, but you should take it slower. At this point your blood pressure is lower than usual so when bending over and down then up makes you dizzier than usual.

Re: is it bad to do a lot of bending over/leaning foward?

ok good that it's not bad. I DEFINITELY makes things more difficult!

Re: is it bad to do a lot of bending over/leaning foward?

I don't think it's bad. Some people have told me it is, but I've never read that pregnant women shouldn't bend over anywhere (though you may want to get up slowly so you don't get dizzy).

I don't do much of this now at 35 weeks, because I often feel as if I'm squashing my belly and it's uncomfortable, so I figure it may not be good anymore. But up until a few weeks ago, I did a fair amount of this at our house, packing, unpacking, and weeding.