Pregnancy and Exercise

Pregnancy and Exercise

Exercising during pregnancy helps an expectant mother to stay fit and healthy. Regular exercise during pregnancy helps in improving postures and it helps to overcome discomforts like backaches, leg cramps, constipation, bloating, swelling and fatigues. While doing exercises in pregnancy one has to be extra careful.
Exercising in pregnancy provides lots of benefits such as exercise can increase ones sense of control and boost the energy level. Performing exercises daily helps in relieving backaches and improve one’s posture by strengthening and toning muscles. It helps in reducing constipation problem. It also helps in wear and tear of joints which becomes loosened in the pregnancy period. It helps to reduce anxiety and stress. It helps in improved sleep quality.

While exercising the blood flow of the body increases and helps the skin to glow. It helps a pregnant lady to develop strength and stamina and helps an expectant mother at the time of delivery.

Search and studies have shown that exercises may even lower risk of complications like preeclampsia and gestational diabetes.

A pregnancy workout is a very good plan. It is said and believed that the healthier a pregnant lady is during pregnancy, the less likely she will face any difficulties with pregnancy. It is believed that if the expectant mother is fitter than the childbirth experience would be easier. It also helps in controlling weight gain during pregnancy and weight loss after pregnancy. It even helps in reducing the stretch marks caused because of pregnancy.


Pregnancy exercises still need to be kept in control. If one is practising workouts regularly then there are few changes that one needs to make to settle in to changed body or if one is starting workouts then one should not stress herself more. Pregnancy is a very important stage in a women's life. Expectant mother has to take extra care for herself.

Pregnancy is a time of great stress as expectant mother needs to be both mentally and physically fit. Practicing yoga in pregnancy and aerobics in pregnancy helps a lot in terms that it ensures a smooth child birth, it creates awareness of the bodily need and changes in pregnant women, improves mental and physical health of the foetus, it helps in maintaining proper energy flow and energy balance. A pregnant lady can join aerobic or yoga classes. One should not overstress while performing the exercises, one should start slowly. It is always advisable to perform the exercises under the guidance of a teacher.

Pregnancy and Icecream

Pregnancy and Icecream
A balanced diet is important for each and everyone. During pregnancy the expectant mother has to be very alert and careful regarding her health and diet. Good and nutritious diet is very important for an expectant mother as there are some dietary habits which can be harmful for the baby and for the pregnant lady.
An expectant mother has to check her diet plans and make sure that diet is providing enough energy and nutrients for the baby to grow and develop, and for expectant mother’s body to deal with the changes taking place.

According to a research it has been stated that a women who eats lot of high-fat dairy foods, like ice cream, may have better fertility than women who eat low fat versions of the same products.

According to the research it has been found that eating two or more servings of low-fat dairy products a day - which could include a portion of cottage cheese and a low-fat yoghurt - increased the risk of infertility due to lack of ovulation by 85 per cent. But women who ate at least one serving of high-fat dairy food a day cut their risk of infertility from this cause by 27 per cent. It is said and believed that the risk of infertility is lesser if a woman ate more and more ice-cream. The infertility risk is lesser about 38 to 40 % in women who ate ice-cream two or more times a week than those who consumed ice cream less than a week.


Caffeine during Pregnancy: - It is said that Expectant mothers and women trying to conceive should consume less amount of caffeine rather it should be avoided. The quantity intake of caffeine should be monitored as caffeine increases blood pressure and heart rate which is not a good sign during pregnancy it also increases the frequency of urination. This causes reduction in body fluid levels and can even result to dehydration. It is not only found in coffee but also in tea, soda, chocolate, and even some medicines that relieve headaches. Having a cup of caffeine is permissible but the large amount of it is always asked to be avoided as it contains sugar and it might increase the blood sugar volume which can prove critical for baby’s health.

A pregnant woman has to keep a check on the diet being taken by her as the right diet helps in growth and development of the baby and avoid risk at the times of delivery.