Pre- and Post-Natal Exercise Overview

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While the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) has released guidelines on how women can stay fit throughout pregnancy and early postpartum, those guidelines do not offer specific Do's and Don'ts for your patients. That's where Fit For 2 comes in! We want to help you help your patients have a more pleasant pregnancy with fewer negative side-effects and complications. By beginning, and sticking with, an effective exercise program throughout pregnancy and early postpartum, these patients will come into your office feeling better, looking better, and having a healthier outcome.

Why should you take the time to discuss exercise with your pregnant and postpartum patients? Here are a few reasons*:

Women who continue to exercise throughout pregnancy gain less weight and less body fat than their non-exercising counterparts.

Women who exercise throughout pregnancy have babies on the smaller end of the healthy range.

Women who exercise throughout pregnancy have fewer medical interventions during labor and delivery.

Women who exercise throughout pregnancy report fewer incidences of nausea, back pain, sleeplessness, and indigestion during pregnancy and recover more quickly after childbirth.

Click here for a copy of the current ACOG Guidelines for Exercise During Pregnancy & Postpartum.

*James F. Clapp III, MD, Exercising Through Your Pregnancy, 1998.

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