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I'm 36 weeks along and I asked my Dr the other day. He said nothing heavier than my baby...so about 22-23 lbs right now.

Yea, if I remember correctly my doc's reco was around 25 lbs as well.

"What about lifting heavy objects? Is it true a pregnant woman should not lift anything heavier than 25 pounds?

Not completely true….but not false! Late in pregnancy a woman’s ability to safely lift a load decreases, mostly because her center of gravity and balance have changed and additionally because the hormones of pregnancy have caused her connective tissue, ligaments and tendons to soften. So if she lifts a heavy load she can injure herself, but will probably do no harm to the pregnancy or the baby. There are no studies that show that lifting more than 25 pounds has an effect on birth weight or prematurity.

The current recommendation is that the maximum load a pregnant woman should lift in late pregnancy should be reduced by 20 to 25 percent from that which she was able to lift in her pre-pregnancy state. "
From here: http://www.today.com/id/20023745/ns/today-today_health/t/debunking-myths-about-pregnancy-hazards/#.UV11G67D-70

Better safe than sorry!

I haven't gotten any recommendations from my doctor, but I've continued to lift 10-15lbs of books regularly; anything more than 20-25 I usually let other people take care of, but I was a weakling to start with lol!

Er, considering the weights I lifted at the gym (55 lb or so at 39 weeks), I was comfortable lifting pretty heavy things (bags of cat food/litter/etc) as long as i could pick it up evenly....ie i wasn't twisting or in a weird awkward position to hold it. Groceries and the like were never a problem. My rule was that I didn't want to strain under anything. So if it was heavy enough to cause me to strain, I wouldn't lift it.

I lifted a lot throughtout pregnancy, probably more often than I should have but as a SAHM to a squirming toddler, I didn't really have a choice. Luckily he was just barely under 25 pounds. Unluckily, changing his diaper in the crub and feeding him a bottle and rocking him to wleep were nearly impossible. At least he learned to walk at 11 months so I didn't have to carry him all the time. Just most of the time.

I lifted anything and everything during my first and second tri. I helped my friend move when I was about 34-35 weeks. But by 37-38 i couldn't do it anymore.