Describe positive and negative effects of exercise during pregnancy.
What will be an ideal response?
In healthy, physically fit women, regular moderate exercise, such as walking, swimming, biking, or an aerobic workout, is related to improved fetal cardiovascular functioning, higher birth weight, and a reduction in the risk for certain complications, such as pregnancy-induced maternal diabetes and high blood pressure. However, frequent, vigorous maternal exercise, especially late in pregnancy, results in lower birth weight compared to healthy, nonexercising pregnant women. Hospital-sponsored childbirth education programs frequently offer exercise classes and suggest appropriate routines that help prepare for labor and delivery. During the last trimester, when the abdomen grows very large, mothers have difficulty moving freely and often must cut back on exercise. Most women, however, do not engage in sufficient moderate exercise during pregnancy to promote their own and their baby's health. An expectant mother who remains fit experiences fewer physical discomforts in the final weeks. Pregnant women with health problems, such as circulatory difficulties or a history of miscarriages, should consult their doctors about a physical fitness routine. For these mothers, exercise (especially the wrong kind) can endanger the pregnancy.
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