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Article: Exercise and pregnancy.
- Article from:
- Special Delivery
- Article date:
- March 22, 1994
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A new report by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists eliminates many of the restrictions on exercise that doctors used to give pregnant women. The report notes that "there are no data in humans to indicate that pregnant women should limit exercise intensity and lower target (heart) rates because of potential adverse effects." The new guidelines note that women "should stop exercising when fatigued and not exercise to exhaustion."
Among those who should be excluded from exercise, according to the report, are women with pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, as well as those with pre-term rupture of the membranes or pre-term labor during this ...