Physical work and pregnancy

As this is my first pregnancy, I naturally have a lot of questions, I was hoping to get a little bit of feed back from you ladies that have been there and done that before.

How long can you keep doing physical work during pregnancy? I'm relativly fit and healthy, and have had a trouble free pregnancy to date (I didn't even get any morning sickness). I'm 26 weeks pregnat and my job as a hydraladda driver involves standing on a steel platform elevated above the ground for up to 10 hours a day (6 days a week), where I have to reach and stretch picking fruit. However lately I have been starting to feel very tired, and have noticed that my ankles are a little puffy after a days work (the puffyness never lasts long and after an hour or two off my feet the swelling has pretty much gone)  I've had a blood test and my blood pressure taken recently and all appears to be well. I'm very reluctant to give up my job as it pays very well and we really need the money.

Would continuing to work have any adverse effect on my growing baby? or should I start thinking about cutting my hours back? or should I ignore the tiredness and keep working as long as I continue to keep good health?

I think the best thing you can do is listen to your body, if it feels fine then you are probably fine to continue but if you are finding it all a bit too much then you should probably look at reducing your days or at least you hours (actually less hours each day might be better than less days) and perhaps plan to take your PPL early, you can start it as early as 34 weeks.
I did a physical job with me first and I ended up stopping at 32 weeks cos I got sciatica, when first pregnant I planned to work till 38 weeks and then as I got fatter and fatter and more and more uncomfortable I brought the date earlier and earlier and then ended up using annual leave to leave even earlier still. Was a good thing in my case as I ended up in hospital at 35 weeks cos my waters ruptured. (not saying you will have a medical problem, just that you can never tell, my pregnancy had been simple up until that day)

Its recommended you cut down on stretching upwards too far/much when you get to a certain point in your pregnancy anyway I think though I could be wrong but you might find you struggle to pick the fruit as you get abit further on and your stomach objects to stretching anymore than it already is.
Anyway I agree with the others - consider cutting down your hours. Try walking on the spot while you're standing there too just to keep things circulating. Its probably the type of job you have thats causing an issue not your health.
Good luck and welcome to OB

Yeah thats what I thought I remembered so thanks for clarifying that!

That's cool that you have it sorted and that your work are being accomodating. Makes all the difference when they are on board. Mine were really good and let me do some work from home and gave me some office work to do, and never said anything if they found me standing in front of the AC trying to cool off..lol