Exercise During Pregnancy
Exercise is an important part of being healthy for people of all ages. Exercise improves heart and lung function and helps maintain strength, flexibility, and a healthy body weight. Exercise also boosts energy levels and elevates mood.
For most women, maintaining an exercise routine throughout pregnancy is recommended. Only on rare occasions, and with certain medical conditions or pregnancy complications, are women asked to limit or avoid exercise during pregnancy.
WHAT ARE SOME OTHER BENEFITS TO EXERCISING DURING PREGNANCY?
Along with maintaining strength and flexibility, exercising throughout pregnancy can help to:
• Keep muscles strengthened that are very important during labor and childbirth.
• Decrease low back …show more content…
This is when your baby 's growth and development during pregnancy is slower than expected.
• Other medical conditions. Ask your health care provider if any apply to you.
WHAT ELSE SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT EXERCISING DURING PREGNANCY?
Other precautions you should take while exercising during pregnancy include to:
• Avoid over heating:
○ Wear loose-fitting, breathable clothes.
○ Do not exercise in very high temperatures.
• Avoid dehydration. Drink enough water before, during, and after exercise to keep your urine clear or pale yellow.
• Avoid over-stretching. Because of hormone changes during pregnancy, it is easy to over stretch muscles, tendons, and ligaments during pregnancy.
• Start slowly and ask your health care provider to recommend types of exercise that are safe for you, if exercising regularly is new for you.
Pregnancy is not a time for exercising to lose weight.
WHEN SHOULD I SEEK MEDICAL CARE?
You should stop exercising and call your health care provider if you have any unusual symptoms, such as:
• Mild uterine contractions or abdominal cramping.
• Dizziness that does not improve with rest.
WHEN SHOULD I SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL
Exercise is an important part of being healthy for people of all ages. Exercise improves heart and lung function and helps maintain strength, flexibility, and a healthy body weight. Exercise also boosts energy levels and elevates mood.
For most women, maintaining an exercise routine throughout pregnancy is recommended. Only on rare occasions, and with certain medical conditions or pregnancy complications, are women asked to limit or avoid exercise during pregnancy.
WHAT ARE SOME OTHER BENEFITS TO EXERCISING DURING PREGNANCY?
Along with maintaining strength and flexibility, exercising throughout pregnancy can help to:
• Keep muscles strengthened that are very important during labor and childbirth.
• Decrease low back …show more content…
This is when your baby 's growth and development during pregnancy is slower than expected.
• Other medical conditions. Ask your health care provider if any apply to you.
WHAT ELSE SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT EXERCISING DURING PREGNANCY?
Other precautions you should take while exercising during pregnancy include to:
• Avoid over heating:
○ Wear loose-fitting, breathable clothes.
○ Do not exercise in very high temperatures.
• Avoid dehydration. Drink enough water before, during, and after exercise to keep your urine clear or pale yellow.
• Avoid over-stretching. Because of hormone changes during pregnancy, it is easy to over stretch muscles, tendons, and ligaments during pregnancy.
• Start slowly and ask your health care provider to recommend types of exercise that are safe for you, if exercising regularly is new for you.
Pregnancy is not a time for exercising to lose weight.
WHEN SHOULD I SEEK MEDICAL CARE?
You should stop exercising and call your health care provider if you have any unusual symptoms, such as:
• Mild uterine contractions or abdominal cramping.
• Dizziness that does not improve with rest.
WHEN SHOULD I SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL