Few would answer that question, "yes". The answers would most likely range from "no", to "probably not" to "if she was strong enough to lift the child before she got pregnant, she's mostly likely strong enough to do so while pregnant".
So then, why do so many people freak out when they see the same woman lifting a 35 lb kettlebell overhead, which weighs roughly the same as the toddler, and is far less awkward to lift?
Pregnant women have been lifting their toddlers - and even older children - ever since there have been pregnant women and toddlers. If pregnant women really were so frail that they couldn't lift that weight safely, there would be a lot fewer of us today. For some reason, however, Westerners in the last 50 - 60 years began to see pregnancy almost as a disability, and the resulting lack of physical activity among pregnant women, coupled with a modern Western diet full of refined grains, starches, sugars, hydrogenated fats and other processed foods, results in illnesses like gestational diabetes and obesity, which are far more harmful to the woman and child than lifting a weight no heavier than a toddler.
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