In a Dilemma

[sunnyday]

As others have said, when you're pregnant it becomes very difficult for employers to make you redundant...I would tell them for sure. Just explain that you are telling them early due to the lifting etc.

Personally I do still shift quite heavy things about but I was more careful in first tri and if I were in your situation with the threat of redundancy then I would def. tell them. There's no advantage in not telling them.

 

[Sherlock]

Also to add as told to me by my GP, MW and also a doctor friend, its not so much what you lift as *how* you lift it. If you are lifting in the correct way, most things, unless extremely heavy or awkward shaped should be fine.

My MW said I was more likely to put my back out than do any harm to the baby from lifting things or bending over incorrectly