My clients all know how much I love information on exercise and the great things it does for us. I love to get articles from clients! It's soul satisfying and backs up everything we are doing.
Sharlene just sent me the following article out of a newsletter her husband's office sends out. Check it out!
Exercise During
Pregnancy Has Baby
Benefits, Too
Even fetus shows lower heart rate when momsto-be work out regularly
Exercise does a body good -- two bodies when the
one exercising is a pregnant woman.
A new study shows that when a mom-to-be works
out, her fetus reaps cardiac benefits. The benefits
show up as lower fetal heart rates, according to the
finding to be presented this week at the
Experimental Biology 2008 annual meeting in San
Diego.
"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. As a result of this pilot study, we plan to
continue the study to include more pregnant
women," study co-author Linda E. May, of the
Department of Anatomy at Kansas City University
of Medicine and Biosciences, said in a prepared
statement.
Ten women participated in the study, half of whom
were exercisers and the other half who weren't.
Fetal movements such as breathing, body and
mouth movements were monitored and recorded
from 24 weeks into pregnancy to term.
The researchers found significantly lower heart
rates among fetuses that had been exposed to
maternal exercise throughout the study period. The
heart rates among the fetuses not exposed to
exercise were higher, regardless of the fetal activity
or the gestational age.
Source: HealthDay News
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