Physical activity during pregnancy affects the mother and child
Sport And Fitness / / December 19, 2019
All want their children to grow up smart and healthy, and try to instill good habits almost from birth. However, as it turned out, from birth - it is not the limit! The foundation of love to a healthy lifestyle and sport can be laid much earlier. Recent studies have shown that the love of training can instill in your child before birth, if his mother will continue to support physical activity during pregnancy.
In the latest study, published in the Baylor College of Medicine, said that running during pregnancy has a positive effect on the development of the child in the future may give him an advantage in all that relates to sports, compared with other children whose mothers were not so active in position. The experiment was conducted on mice. In the course of it it has been proven that active pregnant females born more nimble and healthy pups.
Robert A. Voterlend (Robert A. Waterland), professor of pediatrics and of genetics and author of the study, believes that the statement is true for pregnant women.
Studies show that mothers exercise during pregnancy can lead to birth more physically active individual. Moreover, this activity will be maintained throughout life.
The mice involved in the study were run on their own free will, without coercion to physical activity. All pregnant females were genetically identical. Before you become pregnant, each of them daily ran for 10 kilometers at the wheel of their own accord, that is just like the mice run around in the wheel day long.
Then the animals were divided into two groups. One cross-country wheels were blocked (that is, physical activity is artificially limited), the second group still has access to this entertainment.
Voterlend and his team monitored the exercise expectant mothers, and then studied the habits of their offspring, weight and development in the growth process. The resulting offspring mice had unrestricted access to the running wheels, there was 50% more active offspring mice of Group Limited activity.
In the future, Professor Voterlend hopes to obtain similar results in studies with people, but at the moment it is quite difficult to carry out for ethical reasons. However, the benefits of physical activity for pregnant women, if there is no special regulations doctor, has long been proven, and run in this case is no exception.
For example, a study published back in 2009 Maternal And Child Health JournalIt showed that women who continue regular training during pregnancy recover more less than those who completely stopped the train or did it only occasionally (35.8% vs. 51.5% and 80%).
Physical activity during pregnancy can help stay within the recommended weight, it makes more healthy not only my mother, but also the child. Co-author of the study Dzhihong Liu (Jihong Liu) advising healthy pregnant women to engage in walking, light jogging, swimming, aerobics with a low load.
One more studyConducted in 2012, also proved useful exercise for pregnant women. Pregnant women who have not been involved in sports, about 12-14 weeks a year were divided into two groups. Some of them have not started the training, and often takes four times a week for 45-60 minutes. The program included a walk on a hilly terrain, cardio, step aerobics and strength training with small weights. Classes lasted until the 36th week of pregnancy.
As a result, the participants of the second group were physically stronger and fitter than those who are not engaged, and had better health indicators: only two caesarean section against ten. And as a bonus - faster recovery and return to the antenatal physical form.
Once again we want to remind you that expectant mothers must first undergo a medical examination. It is also recommended to reduce the activity of the first and last trimesters. And it is desirable to engage under the supervision of a qualified trainer!