I know that I spend a lot of time talking to you about how to have a healthy pregnancy. This might mean that sometimes you have to back off of something that might be healthy for other individuals. While the many pregnant women don't get enough exercise, there are a number of women who need to avoid some, if not all, forms of exercise in pregnancy. The problem is that many of them may not even know it.
One day I had a conversation with a woman who was married to an OB/GYN. She told me that in her second pregnancy, her doctor (not her husband) had told her that she shouldn't "play tag." She told me that she now feels foolish for not understanding that he meant cut the fitness routines out. She thought he meant tag. Her husband took it to mean no sex. What's a mom to do? Ask questions.
Talk to your midwife or doctor specifically about exercise. What should you be doing, how often and what signs say you should stop.
Did your practitioner bring this up in your prenatal appointments?
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When NOT to Exercise in Pregnancy originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Sunday, April 8th, 2012 at 13:23:34.
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