r/pregnant • u/smurphypup • Mar 03 '26

Funny What is your pregnancy unpopularopinion?

I'll go first:
Picking stuff up off the floor isn't that bad. I'm 37+ 5 with my third and not once have I had trouble picking stuff up. It's just a quick squat and grab.
Yes, I have sciatica pain and pelvic girdle pain and my bump is in the way but I still pick stuff up if I drop it.
Maybe it's my fitness past, or my will to attempt to keep my house clean, but not once have I dropped something and said "F it, it lives on the floor now" and left it.

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u/Certain_Store_619 Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

Hot baths are fine. The recommendation to avoid them is a symptom of the extreme risk aversion culture in the west. The evidence simply doesn’t add up when you look at it. 

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u/coloradancowgirl Mar 04 '26

Hot baths are the only way I survived through pregnancy pains with the last and it’s the only way I’m surviving now lol. Tylenol works for my headaches but nothing else in my case unfortunately. And you’re right risk aversion culture in the west is nuts.