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While several myths regarding pregnancy and exercising still exist, there have been significant number of studies and researches documenting positive maternal and fetal response to exercising during pregnancy. No matter how active or inactive were you before conceiving it is certainly worth continuing or taking up physical activity.

According to doctor James Clapp women who perform exercise at least five times per week for 45 minutes will experience an improvement in their well-being in its wide and holistic meaning. It is a common knowledge that regular exercising help to improve mood and contribute towards positive life attitude. The "mood" factor proved to be vital for pregnant women whose majority might be more susceptible to mood swing and ante-natal depression while expecting. Regular physical activity is the natural and important tool in avoiding such unpleasant feelings and sensations. Stress and depression prevention through active life style is very important especially in the light of the results from survey conducted by Tommy's Charity. According to the results-more and more women find pregnancy as a most stressful experience of their life and frequently are releasing the stress by taking up smoking/drinking or increasing such harmful and dangerous practice .It appears that one of the main stress-trigger factor is the pressure of regaining the pre-pregnancy physique. Here comes exercising again as an answer. Studies show that women who exercise during pregnancy enjoy quicker return to pre-pregnancy body in comparison to their non-exercising counterparts.

As the pregnancy progressing and the postural changes are more visible you might experience discomfort in different parts of your body-especially lower back. Proper strength training of your core muscle will help to decrease or even eliminate this problem. Strengthening your back will benefits you enormously after giving a birth while caring for your baby. Certainly, we cannot omit the Pelvic Floor Muscle which good strength and conditions is of paramount importance in reducing the "active stage" of labor and decrease incidence of loss of bladder control during pregnancy and postpartum.

We can list here more benefits for mums-to-be like reduction in common complains (hemorrhoids, leg cramps,constipation), reduced risk of developing gestational diabetes and pregnancy induced hypertension but how about the infants? Babies have less body fat at birth (lean baby) which would most likely extend into adulthood.Researches show that infants are less cranky s well as the incidence of infant colic is reduced.Children whose mother were exercising during pregnancy achieve greater neurodevelopmental scores in oral language and motor areas (tested at age 5).

During the nine months of pregnancy woman body is undergoing enormous changes .Some specialist compares giving a birth to running a marathon. Would you the run a marathon without any preparation? Probably no. Remember to check with your doctor prior to commencing any exercise program.

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