Exercising pregnant OK, obstetricians' group says

by Celia Storey © 2001-2009 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists supports exercise during pregnancy, with a few caveats.
"Most forms of exercise are safe during pregnancy," the organization says in its patient-education pamphlet "Exercise During Pregnancy."
The pamphlet advises women to confer with their doctors before beginning. It says conditions that would prompt a doctor to advise women not to exercise include risk factors for preterm labor, vaginal bleeding and premature rupture of uterine membranes. (The college lists risk factors for preterm labor in another pamphlet, "Preterm Labor.")
Otherwise, healthy pregnant women should remember that:
Joints become more mobile under the influence of gestational hormones, and that increases the risk of injuries.
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