Benefits of exercising during pregnancy

  • You’re likely to gain less weight.
  • Labour and delivery may be easier
  • You lower your gestational diabetes risk by as much as 27 %
  • You’re less likely to cry, “Oh, my aching back”
  • You have more energy
  • You’re more likely to avoid a forceps delivery, C-section or other interventions
  • You can enjoy the greatest flexibility of your life
  • You’re likely to be fitter in middle age.
  • Your labour may be shorter
  • If you work out in water, you enjoy a wonderful sense of weightlessness.
  • You’re likely to be healthier and leaner when your kids head off to college.
  • You may be less prone to morning sickness.
  • You’ll meet other expectant moms in a prenatal exercise class.
  • You’re more likely to avoid prenatal depression.
  • You look and feel better.