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Gymnastics and pregnancy

Nowadays we live in a society where the image of the perfect body is a constant pressure. For this motive generally the women do gymnastics and physical activity, and not for a concept of health (of body and mind). This health concept receives major relevancy during the pregnancy.

The physical activity and the gymnastics during the pregnancy are very important not only for the mom, if not also for the baby in gestation. The rapid circulation of the blood during the gymnastics in the pregnancy does that both the baby and the mom become oxygenated correctly. The others if the muscles have the suitable tone, the childbearing work will be easier and calm.

During the pregnancy the physical activity and the gymnastics must be faced to help to the body to adapt principally the possible best thing to the changes that take place in him. Avoiding or relieving the most frequent inconveniences , and preparing it for the moment of the childbearing.

 It is the most important to bear in mind how it was the physical activity of the mother before remaining a pregnant woman. The same is not a mother who has been always sedentary, to other one who has practised regularly gymnastics before the conception.

In general the women used to a regular routine of exercises, will be able to keep on doing it, always with the assent and control of his doctor. Without forgetting any form that they will have to adapt themselves to his new state. Or, to do exercise of moderate form, without exaggeration.

If the mother was not accustomed to doing gymnastics before the pregnancy, this is not the moment to begin to train like a born sportswoman. It will be better to hope that it should finish the first pregnancy trimester, since it is the moment of major risk of miscarriage. After this moment it will be able to initiate some soft physical activity controlled by his doctor. There might be for example a gymnastics for pregnant women, or gymnastics in the water (also adapted for the pregnancy), or soft walks from 20 until 30 minutes, 3 times per week.

The gymnastics for pregnant women must contemplate 3 essential aspects:

1 - To prop up the muscular groups that will take part actively in the childbearing and that along the everyday life remain inactive.
2 - To learn to relax, since it is verified that the relaxed muscles tolerate better the pain that when they are in tension.
3 - To exercise the respiration, learning different skills that can be used, for example to relieve the pain of the contractions of childbearing.

Advantages of the physical activity during the pregnancy:

A - It supports a constant glucose level in blood.
B - It regulates the weight increase.
C - It reduces the pains and cramps.
D - It improves the corporal position.
E - It facilitates the recovery after the childbearing.

The physical activity without risks for the pregnant woman:

1 - Soft walk: For the action of the hormones during the pregnancy, the walls of the veins relax, and because they transport major blood volume, they dilate. This added to that the womb in growth exercises pressure on the veins of the legs, will provoke sensation of heaviness and distension of the same ones. Enclosed can turn out to be sometimes varicose veins. (Someone can disappear after the childbearing). For all this, it is advisable not to be long times immobile, and to do periodic and short walks, not to get tired
2 - Soft swimming
3 - Yoga adapted for pregnant women
4 - Gymnastics pre-childbearing

Sports of risk moderated during the pregnancy:

1 - Volleyball
2 - Tennis
3 - Basquetbol
4 - Handball
5 - Soccer
6 - Walk in tape in gymnasium
7 - Walk bicycle. Since as the pregnancy advances there can be difficulties with the balance
8 - Jogging: In this activity it is necessary to take collections, especially in the first pregnancy trimester. To do it on a suitable surface, and with suitable footwear.

It is not necessary to do the activity if there is vomiting or morning sickness. Neither if it is very hot or moisture. Or if the weight does not increase correctly. Let's remember that, on having done exercises of a vigorous way, there will be bodies cetónicos in the blood produced by the combustion of the fats. These bodies cetónicos, or the hypoglycemia produced by the vigorous exercise, can be dangerous for the baby.

Although the mom is used to doing jogging, it must do it moderately. Not to do long distances, or to change the trot into a rapid walk and without impact. If the mom is not used to doing this activity, this is not the moment her to begin to do. Since the risk of orthopedic injuries is major during the pregnancy. Always to consult with the gynecologist.

Sports of high risk during the pregnancy:

1 - Ski on snow
2 - Water-skiing
3 - Gymnastics of high impact
4 - Horseback riding
5 - Subaquatic swimming

Devices during the pregnancy:

During the pregnancy, to raise excessive weight might cause a transitory hypertension, or a low blood pressure due to a decrease of the blood fluid in the brain. That's why to the women who are used to realizing exercises with surcharge, it is recommended that during

To exhale the air at the moment of raising the weight. And to inhale the air at the moment of leaving the weight.

Swimming during the pregnancy:

The swimming is one of the most beneficial exercises during the pregnancy, because there is no load of the corporal weight. Also, the pregnant women float with more facility. Anyway it is recommended not to swim at high speed, to prepare the hyperventilation. To avoid the very cold, or very warm swimming pools, and the jacuzzi.
To consult with the gynecologist. To avoid the sinks with many people, why it is possible to receive a blow accidentally.
 Not to prolong the immersion beyond the forces. One hour is sufficient.

Not to dive. To enter the swimming pool the stairs. Before a threat of miscarriage, premature childbearing, hemorrhage or suspicion of loss of amniotic liquid, to suspend the activity. In case of there are vaginal infections or any other pathology of the pregnancy, it will be necessary to do a control before getting to the water, since they can to deteriorate with the swimming and to happen to put in risk the pregnancy.

Later advantages:

Another important benefit of the gymnastics during the pregnancy is that the postnatal recovery turns out to be much easier. If the mom exercised appropriately, the different muscular groups will return more rapid to his habitual state. It is necessary to remember that both the pregnancy and the childbearing demand a big effort, both physical and emotional. That's why, the most important is to manage - by means of the physical activity -
That the mom could live through this so special moment of his life with the biggest safety and possible plenitude.