Fitness

Many women are concerned about gaining too much weight while pregnant. Gaining weight is actually a healthy part of being pregnant as your baby will need a buffet of nutrients to develop before being born.
What you need to know is that by exercising properly and doing exercises safe for pregnancy you can make sure that you do not gain too much weight as well as be healthy and have more energy through your pregnancy. Keeping fit during pregnancy has been shown to relieve stress and back problems, relieve symptoms of bloating during pregnancy and help with the actual deliverance of the baby itself as you core and uterus muscles will be stronger in order to push the baby out.

One major thing to remember before starting a pregnancy workout program is that you should always check with your physician before beginning any type of physical exercise to make sure you are not endangering the baby.

There are many different types of exercise safe during pregnancy such as yoga, swimming, Pilates for pregnant women, light water aerobics, light walking and special pregnancy fitness classes.
A rule of thumb when starting to workout is to not over exert yourself, generally keeping to a maximum of 35 minutes of exercise a few times a week in order to not endanger the baby. Once you become fit you can lengthen your workouts to 45 minutes, but remember to keep all workout low intensity as high intensity workouts are not good for pregnant women.

The reason you need to keep all your pregnant fitness routines low intensity is for the simple reason that when doing high intensity exercise, your body will use up extra oxygen it has in the muscle which can deprive your developing baby of precious oxygen it needs.

There are a few things to do every time you exercise during pregnancy, first of all is to always arm up and cool down as well as stretch to ensure you do not get injured while working out, avoid all workouts that involve jumping to much, hard bouncing and contact, when you are finished your first trimester you should not do any exercises that need you to lie down on your back, remember to always drink lots of water as you will be drinking for 2 people, stop any physical activity if you feel dizzy, have chest pains, experience nausea, your water breaks, or if you start to bleed from your vagina.

When you are done your workout always remember to eat a good healthy meal as your body will need extra protein, in fact eat a good portion of lean protein as your baby will also need protein to develop.

You can be fit while pregnant with the proper pregnancy exercise regimen, it takes some precautions  but can be done with the right mindset and medical supervision.