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If you’re newly pregnant, you’re probably noticing changes in your body. Depending on how far along you are, these might present in your physical appearance or energy levels. Maybe you’ve gone up a ...

Pregnancy is a profound journey, characterized by significant physical and emotional changes. Among the many considerations for expectant mothers is the role of exercise during pregnancy. While there ...

Exercising during pregnancy provides a multitude of health benefits you may not even consider, like reducing pregnancy discomforts such as back pain, constipation, and leg swelling. It also helps you ...

The benefits for mums-to-be of exercising in pregnancy have long been discussed, but new research has revealed that keeping fit while pregnant can also help protect babies from obesity. The study, ...

During pregnancy, your body is working overtime to sustain you and your growing baby. Even a simple task like going to the grocery store can feel like an Olympic sport. With your body going through so ...

You have just received the wonderfully, exciting news that you are expecting a baby. There are so many great and wonderful things associated with pregnancy: hearing the heartbeat each time you go to ...

Your body produces more of the hormone relaxin when pregnant, too, which makes joints and ligaments more flexible. So, adding even more load with a weighted vest later on in pregnancy could create ...

Background: Birth weight plays an important role in infant mortality and morbidity, childhood development, and adult health. To date there are contradictory results regarding the role of physical ...

Exercising during pregnancy can reduce pain and the risk of gestational diabetes. Three personal trainers from New York City discuss how they changed their routines while pregnant. They all focused on ...

Hi, I’m a mom of five, and let me tell you—pregnancy knocked me out each time. The most “exercise” I got was moving from the couch to the minivan to the trash can to throw up again (special thanks to ...