THE EFFECTS OF EXERCISE ON THE OVERALL HEALTH OF WOMEN AND FETUSES DURING PREGNANCY

Abstract

This paper examines the effects of exercise on the overall health of women and fetuses during pregnancy. The overall health of women and fetuses encompasses their physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. Exercise is a physical activity done for the purpose of getting physically fit, while physical fitness is a state of bodily function that is characterized by the ability to tolerate exercise stress. Certain mild exercise is prescribed for pregnant women on regular basis, depending on the pregnancy stage. Regular exercise done by pregnant women possessnumerous benefits on their overall health, as well asfetuses, and there are also some risk factors associated with exercise on pregnant women and thefetuses, if not administered by exercise experts. Given the importance of exercise intensity and duration to the specific benefits and dangers to the mother and fetus, it is important to recognize that what may be good for mothers could be detrimental to the fetus. However, experts are of the opinion that care should be taken to prescribe exercise that can be beneficial to both mother and fetus. Exercise were recommended for pregnant woman and also the general guidelinesfor exercise programmes were prescribed and recommendations were made from the study.