Exercising During Pregnancy Video

Exercising during pregnancy can help provide a more healthy pregnancy period. Learn how to exercise during pregnancy from an exercise professional in this video.

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Exercise intelligently
Avoid jarring
Stop if light headed

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Rachael Richardson is a registered Dietician and a licensed Nutritionist with Nutrolution, Inc. in Miami, Florida.

RACHAEL RICHARDSON: Hi, I'm Rachael Richardson and I'm a registered dietician and a licensed nutritionist, I'm from Nutrolution Inc. and we are located in Miami, Florida. This is a beginner's guide to exercising during pregnancy. The first thing to remember is that by exercising during pregnancy, you're going to be ensuring a much healthier pregnancy than without. Exercise in pregnancy can actually result in a quicker delivery time and a healthier delivery. It's going to result in fewer complications during your pregnancy such as health side effects, like constipation and fatigue. Exercise is going to actually reduce your risk of premature birth by 50%. So there are a lot of good reasons to make sure that you're exercising during pregnancy. The other key to remember is to choose the right exercises, so you don't want to take on new exercises that you've never done before. You want to do exercises that are easy and you always want to think about your baby inside because your baby's getting the core of any activity that you're doing, so nothing that's jarring, no aerobics. Swimming in chlorinated pools, you want to limit but swimming would be great in non-chlorinated pools. Other things that are great for you would be walking, bicycling in a stationary bike, light jogging, yoga, Pilates, assuming that you're doing these all safe with a trainer who specializes in pregnancy and, most importantly, staying hydrated during all of these exercises. The five points to remember are: exercise will help your pregnancy, don't take on any new exercise, don't take on jarring exercise, make sure that your exercise is gentle and if you feel faint, stop.

Beginner's Guide to Exercising During Pregnancy Video

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