Benefits of Pregnancy Sport for You and Your Baby
Monday, February 7th, 2011
In principle, pregnant women require special attention in terms of physical and mental. Physically, pregnant women need healthy food, rich in vitamins and minerals essential for fetal growth and development, while preserving the future mother-body fitness. Mentally, the mental health condition is good, and not stress, will help the process of pregnancy becomes fun. Talk about physical fitness, exercise helps expectant mothers in many ways. Even with a simple sport, such as stretching, toning, and aerobics.
With regular exercise, expectant mothers may feel the following benefits:
1. Added weight will be more controlled.
2. Helping the incoming excess calories.
3. Reducing nausea and headaches as it helps increase blood pressure.
4. Reduce back pain.
5. Make your body more fit and active.
6. Better blood circulation and it certainly will affect up to a fetus. So baby receive good intake of the mother.
What is important to note by pregnant women during exercise, are:
1. Begin and end with stretching, by moving the entire body so that all affected muscles, with mild to moderate intensity.
2. Exercise duration from 15 minutes up to a maximum of 1 hour, don’t exceed the maximum limit. (more…)



