Tuesday 22 April 2008

Womb Workout

Sometimes when your pregnancy you do just want to flop on the sofa!
Then it becomes tempting to stay on that sofa for most of the time.

An article on CBS news kicked me off the sofa today - A new study conducted by Kansas University of Medicine and Biosciences showed that exercising during pregnancy may not only benefit the mum but can also get the baby off to a fit start!

"This study suggests that a mother who exercises may not only be imparting health benefits to her own heart, but to her developing baby's heart as well," researcher Linda May of the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCUMB) in Kansas City, Mo., says in a news release.

So women who exercise for 30 minutes, three times a week had fetuses with lower heart rates during the last few weeks of their development.

If you want some help, join our 'Fit Mums to be' group fitness or online training for pregnancy.

Click here for more details of the study

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