Have you ever done home renovations/projects while pregnant?

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If so, what did you do? I’m wondering if these types of projects are safe while pregnant.

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Gutted my bathroom added subfloor, retiled, new walls, etc. & took down floor to ceiling wall paper in the nursery.
My husband did electrical, plumbing. My dad helped with the floor tile, framing and hanging the walls. I did all the spackling, sanding, painting, wall tiling, cleaning up grout lines & sealing. 
I gave birth at 40 weeks and we only finished at 39 weeks.

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Stripped and painted my deck. In hindsight that was probably my version of nesting lol

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My husband and I gutted our current home while I was 5 months pregnant with our daughter

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I painted my son's room and my living room while pregnant, my husband put a new ceiling fan in our son's room, and I sanded and painted/upholstered an old glider rocking chair to go in his room. Put up curtains, curtain rods, cleaned the carpets.

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First pregnancy we gutted/redid the bathroom and kitchen, this pregnancy we gutted/are redoing the living room/entire upstairs lol babies always seem to get the reno ball rolling 😂 I stayed away when my husband was doing any heavy sanding or demos where particles could be in the air. I've done most of the painting, some tiling etc. Spent most of today painting upstairs lol I'm currently 31 weeks. I always just follow the cues of my body and take breaks when needed.

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We bought a house and gutted nearly the whole thing.  Lived in the basement.  It was annoying in the process because I was so SO sick, but glad we got it all done!

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i’m 37wks and still reno/do projects around the house. my doctor told me whatever i did before i was pregnant i can continue to do, i just have to pay attention to my body. like obviously now i know my limits and don’t lift anything heavy and i know to stop before i get exhausted. i usually take it one step at a time and rest in between. i just put up blinds and that project should’ve took 30min (for my whole house) but instead it took a little over an hour because i had to take breaks.

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Currently working on baby’s room, guest room and upstairs hallway. Husband is doing most of the work though.

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I literally moved at 8.5 months pregnant. I was able to do some small projects but that was it.

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We gutted our whole bathroom last time I was pregnant. Part of it depends on when your home was built. Prior to the 80s you are potentially dealing with lead paint and asbestos. I would personally wear a mask if you are dealing with insulation or if your be sawing anything.

Have you ever done home renovations/projects while pregnant?

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