Do You Still Lift Your 2-year-old much?

[berrme]

I still lift DS2 quite a bit, but could avoid it if I needed to.
I would just start encouraging your youngest to climb and do things for herself from as early as possible if you see lifting being a problem while you are pregnant. Generally they can do things for themselves, they just don't because we help them.

[LizLemon]

I am in this situation right now! I'm coming up to 30 weeks pregnant and have a 22 month old DS. And I have just developed SPD

I do lift him a fair bit, my main prob is he's at that age where if he doesn't want to do something he will do the stop drop and roll, and I have to pick him up. Especially if we're at the shops etc. Pretty soon I think I'll start changing him on the floor (he's not TT) although the getting up and down off the floor is just as hard at the moment. And also, DH is working 7 days a week at the moment and sees DS for about 10 mins a day so I can't defer any of the heavy stuff to him.

So yeah, in my case lift him a fair bit. I'm wondering the same thing now - could I even handle a third pregnancy if this happens again...

[LionsandBears]

Can't answer your question, but have you tried acupuncture? My acupuncturist told me to come back after the baby was born and she'd be able to prevent it for next time. I didnt go back for various reasons and am now seeing a new guy who's said the same thing. It's easier to prevent it before pregnancy. I think you need to start treatment at least 3 months before conception, but you'd need to talk to someone about your own case.