While it is recommended to exercise during your pregnancy, there are certainly some keys guidelines to keep you and your baby safe. Some of these may be common sense, but still important to note. Our mission is to keep mom and baby healthy and fit throughout all stages of motherhood. Here are 6 guidelines for exercising safely during pregnancy!
- Avoid overly vigorous activity in the 3rd trimester.
- Exercises past the 1st trimester that involve lying on your back.
- Core exercises that can cause the abdominal wall to separate or tear like sit ups or advanced crunches.
- Anything that involves an excess of bouncing. You already have increased ligament laxity there shouldn’t be any reason for you to stress those ligaments.
- Anything involving contact such as boxing, ice hockey and soccer.
- Anything that could have a high risk for falling such as horseback riding, running at night, riding a bike, etc. While exercising, you may want to have a chair nearby to either sit on or hold onto if you feel that you are about to lose your balance.
While this is a list of a few exercises to avoid, there are many exercises that you can perform!
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