Fitness for pregnant women
Published April 16, 2011 | 
Not so long ago, doctors recommended the future mothers not to move too much. Today these recommendations are outdated and are considered to be unfounded.
Pregnancy, if it develops normally, is not a reason to abandon exercises. On the contrary, they do great favor for future mothers. As execution of safe exercises during pregnancy has absolutely no negative impact on the growth and development of the fetus, as well as the fact that exercises do not alter the physiological course of pregnancy and childbirth. Regular and properly fitted exercises contribute to the harmonious pregnancy, increase the physical capacity of the female body, improve the cardiovascular, respiratory and nervous systems, have a positive effect on metabolism, all these lead to the state when mother and her future baby are provided with sufficient oxygen.
Exercises have a positive effect on the postpartum period. Everybody knows how motherhood might affect the shape. Excess weight, lost muscle tone of the belly, stretched muscles of the chest, weak back, aching waist, varicose veins – with the help of fitness of all these troubles can be avoided or at least minimized. Doctors do not tire of repeating: how fast you can return to your previous shape after the childbirth depends on how you’ve spent the 9 months waiting for a child – lying on the couch or in a more or less active regimen. Moreover, the process of childbirth among the sports mothers is easier than the of lazy mothers, – first, because the trained heart, lungs and the appropriate muscles at this crucial moment help both woman and child. And secondly, in response to the physical stress, the body accumulates endorphin, which subsequently acts as a kind of anesthetic.
Before starting to exercise, the future mother should consult with her physician to find out about possible contraindications to the exercises and to determine her physical level. The most important in drawing up a training program is the connection between the exercises and the gestational age, analysis of health status and processes in each trimester, reaction of the body to stress.
The safest period for the sport is the second trimester, during the first and the third periods it is necessary to behave more cautiously. Many women think that they should be particularly active during the early weeks of pregnancy. And actually everything is on the opposite. In the first weeks of pregnancy when in place of placenta there is functioning the villi chorionic, the fertilized egg can be compared with a grain, which only recently was dropped into the ground. The sprout has let its roots, but it’s small, shaky and with rough handling can be lost. The same is with the human embryo during the first period it requires very careful handling. During the first months more than during in the next months, there exists the threat of miscarriage, which can result from excessive physical activity: very often during the early periods women are leading a very active lifestyle, take heavy bags, etc. Of course, this is not the only, but at the same time, one of the important reasons for miscarriage.
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