What can be useful for pregnant women?
First of all, it is necessary to say that all physical exercises should be coordinated with the doctor. Only in this case, the future mother can not worry about the consequences. Of course, if before the pregnancy a woman engaged in professional sports, then during the expectation of the baby about intensive, daily training is out of the question. However, this does not mean that a woman should sit in one place.
Sports activities increase the physical stability of the female body, which will only prepare him for the process of childbirth. In addition, light physical activity positively affects the work of the vascular, respiratory, nervous systems, increase emotional stability. Thus, the risk of complications after birth is dramatically reduced, and at the same time the probability of their development in the process of childbirth (crotch gaps, for example) decreases.
What kinds of sports are unacceptable in pregnancy?
So, first of all it is necessary to completely exclude extreme types: parachute jumping, martial arts, horse riding, boxing, etc. Such activities have a high risk of injury, which is unacceptable when carrying a baby.
In addition, all kinds of exercises, in which stretching of the muscles of the abdominal press, the bends of the spinal column, are strictly forbidden for pregnant women. Also, do not perform sharp, amplitude movements.
What kind of sports can I do when I'm pregnant?
Before you name the permissible types of exercise in the bearing of a baby, it must be said that their choice and admissibility directly depend on the gestational age. So, physicians strictly prohibit any physical activity on small and late terms (in 1 and 3 trimesters), in view of the high probability of increasing the uterine tone, which is dangerous in these periods.
Among those sports that you can do during pregnancy, in the first place doctors call walking. Physicians recommend several times a day to make small walks. A similar sport can be practiced by almost every future mother. Exception, perhaps, can only be made up of cases in which a woman is diagnosed with a threat of abortion.
Swimming is also great as a physical exercise during pregnancy. This sport helps to relieve the load from the spine, which is very important for expectant mothers. At the same time, during swimming, the circulation processes improve, which in turn positively affects the process of gestation.
Recently, yoga for pregnant women is gaining increasing popularity . Such physical exercises are aimed at improving breathing, relaxing the body, removing excess tension.
Among the available sports, the following can also be mentioned:
- physiotherapy;
- classes on fitball;
- water aerobics.
Before what period of pregnancy can I exercise?
It all depends on the characteristics of the gestational process and the well-being of the future mother. More often doctors advise to stop any physical exercises with the beginning of the 3rd trimester. Otherwise, the risk of premature detachment of the placenta and even premature birth increases, in view of the increase in the tone of the uterus.