> But if you're an ordinary office worker, and aren't doing heavy labor, no, pregnancy is not generally an obstacle to doing work. It’s been a while since I l

> But if you're an ordinary office worker, and aren't doing heavy labor, no, pregnancy is not generally an obstacle to doing work. It’s been a while since I last saw a televised brawl in the Italian parliament, but I would not expect such a job to be remotely comparable to that of an ordinary office worker (even without the fighting…). Just think of e.g. flying, which is apparently to be avoided during pregnancy, yet bouncing back and forth between meetings all over Europe happens fairly often at least for German ministers.