“Pregnant” fitness
Published April 16, 2011 | 
Today Fitness is fashionable. And what is it in reality? If in very short, it is a complex of exercises aimed at reviving the body and maintaining good physical shape. Every woman dreams of a good shape, excellent well-being and good health. And, of course, it is not to be forgotten during pregnancy.
It’s time to start fitness even if you’ve never visited any health clubs, fitness centers, then why not use your new state for the benefit, why not take care of yourself during pregnancy? This will give you great pleasure, add health and will certainly help in the childbirth. Because there is nothing more precious than your health and, consequently, the health of your unborn baby.
Simple exercises are advised to all women with the uncomplicated pregnancy. The obstetric practice proves that physical inactivity (sedentary lifestyle) is detrimental to pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Ii can result in strengthened toxemia, weakness of childbirth and reduction of the daily doses of milk.
The effects of inactivity can be avoided if the workload is organized correctly, in particular – physical exercises. Any fitness exercises are selected with the obligatory account of individual characteristics. During pregnancy, women gain weight this fact should be considered, as it increases the load on the heart and the musculoskeletal system.
The exercises should be aimed at strengthening and improving the elasticity of the muscle groups involved in the birth process as well as the back muscles and the chest ones. Today, virtually any “self respecting” fitness center offers the exercise program for pregnant women. Do not forget that all the loads must be carefully calculated, and, therefore, in search of the “pregnant fitness” it is better go to those clubs, that have developed special programs for women in “interesting” situation.
In order that the problem of choice was not longer a problem, you just need to consult a doctor who oversees the course of your pregnancy, to find the best health club and start training.
Physical exercises help your child to “fight” with hypoxia (oxygen deficiency) as during the exercises increases the lungs ventilation, and hence the amount of oxygen in the blood, which will be received by your baby. And this is so important in our modern urban life!
Exercises for the pectoral muscle groups help the future mother to keep the breast shape and to prepare it for a good full lactation (milk production) and harmonious and proper load on the muscles of the perineum and pelvis, will directly prepare your body for future childbirth.
Children to be born healthy, mothers to remain beautiful
The “Pregnant fitness” is designed not only to preserve health and beauty of any mother and future child, but also to prepare each of them to the childbirth. To do this they need:
Start aqua gymnastics, where exercises are designed for stretching, strengthening and relaxing of various muscle groups, proper breathing, decrease stress on the spine;
carefully study and daily practice the breathing exercises, whose many techniques will help to ease pain during the contractions and do the work of the birthing-mother during the bearing-down period the most successful.
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