What are the Tips for Exercises in Pregnancy?

Exercises during pregnancy must not be hard as hard exercise increase the risk of injury. Do not get exhausted while doing exercise as it may cause negative effect on baby. Exercises are best way in order to deal with the labor pains while having childbirth.

Start your exercise program by doing it fifteen minutes in a day continuously. Follow that pattern three times in a week. Gradually increase time for up to thirty minutes. There are certain tips for pregnancy exercises that could prove to be helpful. Before doing any exercise, try to warm up and take some time to cool down. Keep yourself active and walk daily for an hour or half. In hot weather, avoid any of the exercise which is strenuous. Try to drink plenty of water so that you may not feel dehydrated. Avoid all such exercises during pregnancy in which you have to lie on your back. Sports like judo, kickboxing, squash and all other sports in which there is a risk of getting hit must be avoided. Also avoid, horse riding, ice hockey, gymnastics and downhill skiing. The given sports contain the risk of injury.

Abdominal exercises during pregnancy first trimester include sit ups and crunches. They are safe during first trimester but they must not be continued in the second and third trimester.  Swimming is also one of the abdominal exercises during pregnancy but avoid scuba diving as baby is not protected against decompression sickness. Try to improve stomach muscles as this way you can get rid of back pain and many other exercises. If regular abdominal exercise is being adopted then stresses, aches and back pain can be treated quite well. One of the main advantages is that you would have a sound sleep at night.

Exercises alone would do no good until and unless pregnant women eat a well balanced diet. Alcohol must not be the part of daily pregnancy diet. The reason is that it works as a toxin for both the mother and the baby. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders occur if women keep on drinking alcohol during pregnancy. These syndromes cause intellectual disabilities. Such babies are small at the time of birth and possess characteristic facial features. The organs of such babies are not formed properly like heart. Also, these babies’ brains are not formed properly and are smaller than normal. Short attention span, coordination is poor and problems in emotions and behavior are some of the defects which are commonly observed.

So, following exercise tips help in doing exercises with much better results. Along with exercise keep good habits like avoid drinking alcohol and eat nutritious diet.