Exercising during pregnancy can be a little scary for some women, not knowing what they can and can’t do.
Continuing an exercise program throughout pregnancy will provide you with a wide range of benefits. It will assist mum to be to endure their labour with more ease and have a quicker recovery after baby is born.
This guide will take you through the benefits and furthermore all the exercising sessions from preconception to birth. Don’t worry you can go at your own pace and there are modifications to suit most women.
Here are just some of the benefits;
- Improves and maintains fitness and strength
- Increases muscle tone and strength and will protect your joints and help prevent injury.
- Staying active is also a great way for mums to feel a sense of control over weight gain and other changes that occur with the body overtime
- Great for circulation
- Post baby you will feel more confident knowing you will return to your pre-pregnancy fitness level.
- Promotes good posture
- Exercise will assist in helping you sleep
- Lowers fatigue
- Prevents back pain and other discomforts
- We know exercise boost’s your mood, and it’s the same in pregnancy. Releases the feel good hormone and increases your energy levels.
- Lowers the odds of delivery complications
- Speeds post-delivery recovery
- Exercise can help lower blood pressure, occasionally it can up in pregnancy
- Relieves constipation
- Above all it’ll lift your spirits!