Pregnancy Exercise

Regular physical activity can provide health and social benefits for many pregnant women. This site gives an overview of the topic as well as exercise suggestions as well as the activities that should be avoided.

This web site offers some great advice for pregnant women in regards to exercise and also has several very good links to further research.

Exercise is beneficial to mothers and babies and women who exercise regularly prior to becoming pregnant can continue to do so with some minor modifications. Women who start an exercise program when they become pregnant need to get their doctor’s permission first. As well as giving some basic information this site also provides a simple exercise routine to get you started.

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