Adventures in Women's Health: Finding Your Utopia

Myth: Heavy Lifting Causes 1st Trimester Loss? Or No?


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What is the truth behind carrying your 30# toddler while pregnant? Does it cause injury?? Can it cause miscarriage in the 1st trimester? Find out today when Megan dispells the myth of weight load in the first trimester of pregnancy. 

https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-bulletin/articles/2018/11/early-pregnancy-loss

https://www.uclahealth.org/medical-services/obgyn/conditions-treated/recurrent-pregnancy-loss#:~:text=A%20clinically%2Drecognized%20pregnancy%20means,identified%20after%20a%20pregnancy%20loss.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pregnancy-loss-miscarriage/symptoms-causes/syc-20354298

https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/substance-use-in-women/substance-use-while-pregnant-breastfeeding

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/repro/images/Lifting_guidelines_during_pregnancy_-_NIOSH.jpg

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4606868/#:~:text=Lifting%20more%20than%2023%20kg,is%20specified%20after%20Week%2024.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532992/

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Adventures in Women's Health: Finding Your UtopiaBy Kristina Amundson and Megan Eilers

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