| Healthier behaviors you need to practice faithfully | | | | quadriceps, and especially those in the small of the |
| during pregnancy are; consuming 6-8 glasses of water, | | | | back before beginning. Make sure your physician is |
| fruit juice or milk each day, eating intelligently; making | | | | aware of which type of exercise you are doing. Do |
| certain you have a well-balanced diet of lean protein, | | | | nothing that makes you uncomfortable or overly |
| fresh vegetables and fruits, whole grain products and | | | | fatigued or which could lead to a possible fall or injury. |
| unsalted nuts with a minimum of empty calories, and | | | | Those of you that want clarification, exercising |
| no alcohol. You certainly want to take all your pre-natal | | | | aerobically is any sort of exercise that accelerates |
| vitamins and exercise which is essential for your | | | | your heart rate and keeps you breathing hard but not |
| physical fitness and energy together with your spirits | | | | gasping for breath for twenty or so minutes. It may |
| and emotional state. | | | | include walking, jogging, jumping, cycling, swimming, |
| Going for walks is an excellent choice and something | | | | dancing, etc. During pregnancy you really need to use |
| which you can enjoy along with your hubby, dog, | | | | wisdom regarding which exercise program you |
| children or perhaps a walking partner in the | | | | choose; the idea is to maintain your physical condition, |
| neighborhood. Remember that you are not preparing | | | | without injuring yourself and your baby. |
| for the Olympics therefore this is definitely not the time | | | | A warning with aerobic exercise during the last |
| to set any records walking too long a distance or too | | | | trimester of your pregnancy is that at this time the |
| fast. Twenty or thirty minutes each day or 3-4 times | | | | body releases a hormone called relaxin. This hormone |
| weekly at a sensible rate will help you keep in | | | | relaxes the body's soft tissue structures in readiness |
| excellent condition for your upcoming labor and | | | | for childbirth and in the process it also loosens all the |
| delivery. | | | | ligaments holding your joints together. Should you begin |
| If you have been on a regular aerobic exercise | | | | putting increased tension on your relaxin-loosened |
| program, you should certainly proceed as long as your | | | | joints within the third trimester, you are more vulnerable |
| physician has cleared you to do so. As you already | | | | to injuring yourself; something you really do not want to |
| know you need to spend 20-25 minutes of stretching | | | | do at this time. |
| the muscles in the thighs, the hamstrings as well as | | | | |