Exercise While Pregnant Research Paper

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Even though staying active and healthy can make for a happy and healthy pregnancy, doctors say exercising while pregnant is vital to both the mother-to-be as well as her unborn child. Working out having been proven to decrease pain while in labor through breathing techniques that they have learned through exercising and will help to keep a toned body. Being fit may help get rid of neurological problems such as stress and depression on top of common medical conditions which can be nausea and body aches. Staying active and healthy might reduce your chances of receiving gestational diabetes, high blood pressure even lower the risk for preterm labor. “Maybe you are just keen to put your feet up while you still can. Forget everything you have …show more content…

Moving around keeps you from feeling lethargic because too much sleep or resting can make you even more drained and weak. Some researchers have said that sleeping too much is the leading cause of depression in some pregnant women today. Furthermore with all this moving around, it at times provides comfort to a nauseated stomach. Even though there is no way to prevent sickness completely and might not work for everyone, keeping a healthy and active lifestyle will lower the chances of a pregnant woman’s morning sickness by keeping the blood moving and flowing throughout the …show more content…

Some women who did not have diabetes before conceiving can still be a carrier for gestational diabetes during pregnancy due to high blood glucose (sugar) levels (hyperglycemia). If your blood is above a certain level, you might have ketones, and if that is the case, your obstetrician provider will refrain you from further exertion. Doctors still do not know why this happens, but if there is too much glucose in the mother-to-be, it then passes through the placenta in turn giving baby high glucose levels. This then passes through to the fetus giving him or her too much insulin to get rid of the glucose, then it will stayed stored as fat on the baby and out will come a chubby newborn. Seems cute, but it is unhealthy for the baby and for his or her future which more than likely will lead to diabetes as an adult, then will genetically be passed on. Which brings me to eating healthy even before conceiving should be a top priority for your body for the future. Now in the case of preeclampsia also known as toxemia, it is the leading cause of death in some and in others morbidity. “Studies show stretch exercises are worth a try to minimize these risks. This cardiovascular disease has been an issue with pregnancies and even up till today they are still very worrisome. Women who engage in stretch exercises from the moment they find

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