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Jessica's in no condition to Booze and Riot
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This is actually something I was thinking about the other day -- how standards of What Pregnant Women May And May Not Do have changed over time. One or two generations back, I'd probably be advised to stay in bed the whole nine months, but I'd be allowed to have a relaxing hot toddy while I was there. Nowadays, activity is considered Good and Healthy, but we've got all these insanely strict dietary rules.
I'm still agog over the no-sauna, no-hot tub, no-sleeping on back (that might have been a specific thing) sorts of rules. Not that life's now no fun, just that--really? That bad?
It'd be nice if the doctors could give you a list of risk factors with points, like Weight Watchers, and tell you that ten points off this list is acceptable.
When Mom was pregnant with my brother the common thought was that you shouldn't put on too much weight while pregnant. She used to starve herself before drs appointments and then eat a whole bag of oreos on the way home. She also smoked and drank through all our pregnancies.
I'm still agog over the no-sauna, no-hot tub, no-sleeping on back (that might have been a specific thing) sorts of rules.
I bet NASA has a 'no going into space' rule too....
If we had been standing somewhere I would have walked away but I was sitting at a desk in the office trying to work.
I think you should have gotten up and walked away....and walked straight into your boss's office.
When Mom was pregnant with my brother the common thought was that you shouldn't put on too much weight while pregnant.
My mom, too (1970-71). Plus, she was a model before she met my dad, so she had a real aversion to gaining weight anyway. She wore her normal pants well into her 6th or 7th month.
It'd be nice if the doctors could give you a list of risk factors with points, like Weight Watchers, and tell you that ten points off this list is acceptable.
This is brilliant. I would so buy that book.
My personal yardstick is (1) have I been given an actual reason to avoid X? and (2) if so, is there actual research/evidence to support said reason?
The no-sleeping-on-your-back thing actually makes sense -- from the mid-second trimester on, the growing sprog and uterus, placenta and big ol' sack of waters are all sitting, and growing, in just the right spot to squash a couple of important blood vessels when you're lying flat on your back.
The no-sleeping-on-your-back thing actually makes sense
What's the proportional impact, though? Of always sleeping on your back, of rolling onto your back when you're asleep and not in control of your motion...it's so very complicated.
It's hard enough to control all those factors when you're awake.
The no-sleeping-on-your-back thing actually makes sense -- from the mid-second trimester on, the growing sprog and uterus, placenta and big ol' sack of waters are all sitting, and growing, in just the right spot to squash a couple of important blood vessels when you're lying flat on your back.
And at that point, it becomes uncomfortable in addition to being potentially dangerous, so it's not like side-sleeping is a huge sacrifice.