How safe is exercise during pregnancy?
Increasing numbers of women include exercise even during pregnancy as an essential part of their daily routines. Because of the additional physiological demands imposed by pregnancy, health-care practitioners must determine whether or not aerobic exercise is, in fact, healthy for the expectant mother and developing fetus. This article examines whether or not the traditional advice that women receive regarding exercise during pregnancy is supported by the existing scientific literature.
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Georgetown University, School of Nursing, Washington, DC 20007.
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D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration