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Easy Exercises During Pregnancy

    Although you may be feeling a new tiredness and experiencing bouts of nausea, exercising while pregnant is a good idea.

Excercising while pregnant can actually help with some of the physical discomfort during pregnancy by giving you more energy, maintaining and building muscles and stamina, and helping your body prepare for delivery.


You should ALWAYS check with your doctor before beginning any exercise or fitness program, especially while you are pregnant. Generally, if you were working out before you became pregnant, you can usually continue your fitness program. Yet, you should still check with your doctor first and discuss the activities you will be undertaking and your level of fitness.

Before discussing easy exercises while pregnant, we thought we would warn against some exercises that should be avoided while pregnant. They include:

    Any type of contact sport
    Scuba Diving
    Any thing that could lead to falls, like rock climbing
    Any exercise that requires you on your back, or raising your arms


There are a number of easy exercises you can start to do while pregnant, even if you were sedentary before you became pregnant. Although, if you were not very active before you became pregnant, you should start these (or any other exercises) off very slowly. Do only five minutes a day at first, and work up to 30 minutes a day.

Some easy exercises while pregnant include:

    Walking -- take a walk around your neighborhood, walk around your house several times, or simply walk in place while watching tv.

    Stair Climbing -- stair climbing is a wonderful easy exercise while pregnant. Remember to start out slowly at first.

    Stationary bike riding

    Swimming

Again, before you begin any exercising while pregnant, make sure you talk with your doctor first.