Walking is a great way to stay active and maintain your overall health during pregnancy.
Exercise is essential during pregnancy. However, there are some precautions that pregnant women should take while exercising because they should not do things that could be dangerous to themselves and their baby. It is important for pregnant moms to avoid sports or heavy weight lifting or very strenuous exercise. Therefore, in the first three months of pregnancy, avoid antinatal yoga. The only exercise that women can do in early pregnancy is walking. Walking is a great way to stay active and maintain your overall health because it’s like low-impact aerobic exercise. Walking can’t strain your body and you can easily do it in your third trimester. according to Dr Astha Dayal, Senior Consultant – Obstetrics and Gynecology at CK Birla Hospital, Gurugram”During exercise during pregnancy there is a test that we follow called the speech test. So when a woman is exercising she should be able to talk and not get out of breath, if the mom-to-be feels it then she should stop. So, you can walk at a level that you feel comfortable with.” Walking has many other benefits as well, some of which are listed below.
7 reasons why walking is beneficial during pregnancy
- First, it will give you a cardio workout, thus improving your overall health.
- Walking improves your stamina and if you stay active during pregnancy, it helps a normal delivery. In addition to this, it will also help you control your weight gain and especially for women who have gestational diabetes, in which we do not want them to gain a lot of weight, we tell them to take a walk after each meal so that you burn the calories. also.
- It helps in the digestion of food and prevents bloating and bloating, which occurs after eating.
- Walking prevents constipation. So, it helps in bowel movement as well because constipation is a very common problem in pregnancy, so the downward movement of food improves when you walk around a bit.
- Exercise and walks also elevate your mood, so it helps improve your mood, helps release happy hormones and makes you feel more positive during pregnancy, and reduces stress and anxiety.
- It also prepares your body for childbirth. Therefore, people who walk continuously during pregnancy have a better chance of having a normal delivery. And on top of that, your body, your muscles prepare for labor, so you strengthen your pelvic muscles and prepare your body for labor.
- When you do any exercise during pregnancy, you should do it under supervision. Therefore, walking should also be done after getting permission from your doctor. There are certain conditions where we tell you not to do a certain exercise but, in most cases, walking is the best and most allowable exercise you can do during pregnancy.
(Inputs: Dr. Astha Dayal, Senior Consultant: OB/GYN, CK Birla Hospital, Gurugram)
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