On bed rest due to high BP (33 weeks) can I still get up to cook and clean?

Question

I’m 33 weeks and today was put on bed rest - all doc told me was I need to not be moving around a lot and if I need to make a grocery run for it to be “quick if I need to go” and that I can have sex - but only if I literally lay there.
My office is now closed until Monday - but I’m a SAHM to a 5 year old. Does this mean I can’t cook meals or get up to do laundry? Am I literally just supposed to be a couch potato?

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There’s a difference between pelvic rest and bed rest.
Pelvis rest just means no sex or exercise, you can still go to work and basically live your life as normal.
Bed rest means literally bed rest- you stay in bed unless you get up to pee or shower

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I would do all that i can to stay in bed because if your pressure gets any higher the next step will be hospital bed rest and then you really wont be doing anything while away from your family. I would say cooking is ok though. I was on hospital bed rest with high blood pressure it got soooooo boring. Literally did nothing for dayssss.

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Absolutely not.

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Call your dr and ask.

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Call back. I’ve had friends put on “bed rest” and still allowed to go to work. I’ve had others told do nothing but do thing where you can sit, go to the bathroom and make food.

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Definitely not!

On bed rest due to high BP (33 weeks) can I still get up to cook and clean?

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