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 The importance of exercise for you during your pregnancy

Exercising during pregnancy helps you cope with your physical and mental demands, and prepares your body for childbirth.

It contributes to avoiding annoying pregnancy symptoms that you may experience, such as back pain, for example.

Avoid health problems, such as preeclampsia.

It contributes to improving your general health and helps you sleep better.

What are the best exercises for you during pregnancy?​

The most appropriate types of exercise for you during pregnancy are those exercises that help pump more blood, maintain flexibility, limit weight gain, and prepare your body's muscles for the effort of labor and birth while not causing unnecessary physical stress for you or your baby.

 Types of exercise for you during pregnancy

 Walking, jogging, or jogging

You are allowed to practice quiet or fast walking, and walking is considered a safe sport for you, provided that you practice it on suitable, not high ground. Therefore, it is better for you to practice walking in clubs or on a treadmill in gyms. You can also practice walking daily for no more than half a day. An hour, but remember to get enough rest if you feel any fatigue.

You should walk two hours after breakfast, and remember to carry a bottle of water or unsweetened juice with you, if you feel tired, you should stop and rest.

You should know that walking helps you maintain fitness and the appropriate weight during pregnancy and strengthens the heart in general, even during childbirth. As for jogging and jogging, they are considered among the best exercises for the heart and body in general, even for you as a pregnant woman. You can practice them, but as doctors usually advise, this is allowed after the end of the third month and for no more than 15 minutes.

Yoga

Yoga helps you clear your mind and eliminate stress and anxiety. In addition, it contributes to strengthening the body’s muscles and making them flexible. It is beneficial for the joints and therefore beneficial to your general health during pregnancy and at birth.​

Swimming

Swimming, if you enjoy it, is a great exercise for the heart, lungs, limbs, and even the pelvis. Water can also make you feel light, soft, and relaxed, and relieve you of swollen feet.

While you are swimming, always try to have a female coach with you or some family or friends accompany you, even if you are a skilled swimmer, for fear of any sudden dizziness. Remember to try not to expose yourself to colds in the winter. You must be careful to choose clean swimming pools and reliable clubs to prevent the transmission of any infection, God Almighty willing.

bicycle

You are allowed to ride it if you have a stationary bike at home or in gyms. You can ride a regular bike, but only on the condition that you ride it on safe paths in clubs and quietly. To avoid falling, it should not exceed a quarter of an hour a day so that there is no pressure on the pelvis.

Light exercise

Light aerobic exercises suitable for pregnancy are among the best exercises that help your body maintain its fitness and health, stimulate blood circulation, and strengthen the muscles of the heart, limbs, and pelvis.

What sports are not recommended during pregnancy?

Not all types of sports are suitable for a woman during her pregnancy, as some of them pose risks of falling, cause loss of balance, or expose the pregnant woman to blows to the abdominal area, and some require great effort that may harm her and her fetus. Examples of this include:

Jumping it may cause contractions in the uterus and lead to premature birth, especially while continuing to jump.

Team sports: In team sports, contact with other female athletes occurs, so avoiding them helps avoid accidents.

Tennis and squash...pregnant women should avoid them because they require strong and fast movement back and forth and sometimes require some jumping.

Skiing, horse riding, mountain climbing, and diving... because they all require great physical effort, and the pregnant woman may be exposed to the risk of falling. As for diving, it puts a lot of effort into the heart and lungs of the pregnant woman and her fetus.

Combat sports, such as judo, karate, and boxing, are avoided by women during pregnancy. Fearing that her body would be exposed to blows, punches, and falls.