Q re Activity Restrictions during 2ww??

[Anonymous]

Our FET transfer was last Friday. The discharge instructions (SG) advise me to refrain from among other things, assorted "heavy" activities for the next few days.

The restriction that confounds me is that I not lift anything over 25 lbs. for the next several days. I have a 2-year old and a 4-year old; I tried to fold in the restriction on lifting as best I can.

And during this 2ww, I am extraordinarily conscious of every move that implicates my core muscle group.

Does anyone have insights on what may be at the heart of these instructions? I feel like I am being overly restrictive with myself but don't see any other way. In other words, what is at the heart of the instructions? What are they intended to prevent?

[Anonymous]

I cannot say what she really meant by "heavy", but since it's already Sunday I would try to avoid lifting the children until Wednesday (5 days total), after that I would go back to my routine stuff, including exercise (light) if you do any usually.

[Anonymous]

My nurse told me "don't do anything you will regret doing if you don't get pregnant"-- meaning don't do anything you will blame yourself for, if this cycle doesn't work. If you lift your kids and this cycle doesn't work, will you blame yourself b/c you lifted them? i think that comes under the catagory of personal judgement. Personally, I wouldn't lift anyone (honestly, i basically didn't move off my couch/bed for 48 hours after my transfer) for at least a week, but that was what I felt comfortable with, what you feel comfortable with will be different.

[Anonymous]

I recently did a fresh cycle and have 2.5 year old twins. I followed the instructions for 24 hours of bedrest and then took it fairly easy for the next 2 days. However, when those 2 days were up I went entirely back to my routine which includes lifting my two 30 pound kids around all day and climbing a whole lot of stairs. I ended up getting pregnant.

I was tempted to get really anxious (which is my nature!) about my activity level during the 2 ww but I kept trying to picture two microscopic embryos sandwiched in my uterus like grains of sand between peanut butter and jelly. They weren't going anywhere because of anything I was doing. Also, I reminded myself that anyone who gets pregnant naturally surely does not restrict activity at all. And at that point (with embryos in uterus) there wasn't any reason that my IVF pregnancy was any different than a natural pregnancy.