MiI – “I sat down on my son’s bed this morning to dress him and couldn’t get up after that. On Shabbos, I sat on the couch to read them a story and couldn’t get up. It’s easy to say not to bend or lift but life does have to go on.”
You can sit on a normal chair. You can bend and lift properly using your knees and keeping your back straight. It’s the easy way out to slouch on the couch and bend at the waist, but you pay for it. Most people I know take the easy out, but when there is a big weight gain like in pregnancy, you will suffer. The best policy is to train yourself to have proper posture all the time, so when you become pregnant you’re already used to doing the right thing. It’s never too late to change -no matter what the age!