| If you enjoyed exercising before you become | | | | - have plenty to drink before you start exercising and |
| pregnant, there is no reason why you should not enjoy | | | | avoid taking exercise in hot weather. Pregnant women |
| exercises for pregnancy and continue to do so as long | | | | can get dehydrated very easily (which is why you |
| as both you and your baby are healthy. Obviously, one | | | | should avoid saunas in pregnancy). |
| sport which is definitely not a good idea for a pregnant | | | | - competitive sportswomen who want to train right up |
| woman is deep-sea diving. If diving is your sport, you | | | | to the time their baby is about to be born, should check |
| should not dive below 18 metres during your | | | | with their doctor that this is all right. Some researchers |
| pregnancy. | | | | have found that women who are exercising at a very |
| There are a few precautions to bear in mind when | | | | high level during the last weeks of their pregnancy give |
| exercises for pregnancy: | | | | birth to babies with low birthweights. |
| - pregnancy is not the time to take up vigorous | | | | In general, a woman who is fit because exercises for |
| exercise which you have not been used to before. | | | | pregnancy does not seem a bad idea to be a regular |
| - if your body tells you that you are overdoing it, or you | | | | part of her life is likely to be well prepared to cope with |
| start to have aches and pains while exercising, give | | | | the demands of labour. |
| yourself a break. | | | | |