Pregnancy is that time in a woman’s life when exercise is of prime importance.
Exercises help with improving the overall physical fitness of the body and may even help you during labor and delivery.
In most cases, exercising during pregnancy is healthy and will only improve the body’s physical preparedness for pregnancy if followed the right way.
The common thinking of most people is that it will help with weight loss during pregnancy while that may not be the case it will surely help with the weight loss post-pregnancy.
Here are some other benefits of exercising during pregnancy:
1. Less weight gain:
A woman who works out is likely to gain or retain less weight during as well post-pregnancy as compared to non-exercising women.
2. Gestational Diabetes:
High blood sugar during pregnancy results in high chances of developing Type II diabetes after delivery or also result in an overweight baby.
Most women exercise during pregnancy may be able to avoid or delay complete dependence on insulin in the coming years.
3.Constipation:
Pregnant women are more likely to get constipated during pregnancy majorly owing to the high progesterone levels and a growing uterus.
Exercising along with a high fiber diet can help keep the digestive system in smooth functioning.
4. Normal delivery:
Exercising women are more likely to have a normal delivery where the chances of a forceps delivery are almost 70% less, and fewer chances of even having an episiotomy.
5. Controlled blood sugar levels:
Blood sugar levels tend to go up occasionally during pregnancy.
Too much of this may be signs of
preeclampsia.
Exercising or having an active lifestyle has been found
to keep blood sugar under control.
6. Improve sleep:
Women who exercised experienced better sleep
during pregnancy. The quality of sleep is much better and helps in
giving the body a good resting state.
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