15 BENEFITS OF RUNNING DURING PREGNANCY
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Being pregnant can be a somewhat fatiguing time for women, which only calls for excessive rest and relaxation. Yet, it will interest you to know that the act of running, against popular notions, aids easy delivery, as required momentum for that phase is being gathered from the exercise during gestation. According to recent studies, easy birth and many others sum up the innumerous profits derived from running during pregnancy, fifteen of which is being highlighted in this article for your enlightenment. Follow on, as I take you through them.
LIMITED PREGNANCY WEIGHT:
Women seem to accrue much weight during pregnancy, which often spills over disproportionately after delivery. This tempers with their nice figures, causing a less attractive feminine appearance. Plus; increased chance of a cesarean delivery and obesity later in life. This doesn’t have to be. Working out while pregnant ensures that a woman’s weight remains fairly intact during pregnancy, and speeds up eradication of any post-baby weight that may have been gained during the process of pregnancy.
STRESS ERADICATION:
Many a time, pregnant women preoccupy their minds with various worries of unlikely obnoxious turn outs of events in their pregnancy; turn outs like miscarriage, premature birth, complications, and all the likes. Fact is; these fears only constitute a 5 to 15 percent possibility of occurring. But a scared to death first time mum might not consider this fact just by a mere recitation of them to her; thereby accumulating stress, which might end up causing the real harm. Regular workout aids tremendous relaxation in this case, helping pregnant women through gestation commendably.
DISEASE PREVENTION:
Certain ailments accompany pregnancy, which can be dangerous to both mother and child. An example of such ailment is “gestational diabetes” which may cause the baby in the womb to grow too large, hence making them apt to be injured during birth and subjecting the woman to a possible C-Session. Engaging in pre-birth running session guarantees better overall mental health and it helps reduce the risk of such ailments and aids health improvement during this period.
MOOD STABILITY:
Pregnancy can bring about lack of balance or state of disequilibrium in the prevailing psychological state of a pregnant woman, rising from anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. This could be detrimental to both mother and child, and as such should be prevented by engaging in the sport of running all through the period of pregnancy, as this relieves the mind and stimulates easiness.
HEALTHY CHHILDREN:
The benefits of working out and staying physically active during pregnancy doesn't just end with mothers. Babies also partake in the several positive results that are derived from this exercise. Studies have it that "Fetal benefits include decreased fat mass, improved stress tolerance, and advanced neurobehavioral maturation."
PAIN REDUCTION:
Pain is one thing every pregnant woman has to face during pregnancy. Getting a regular running exercise somewhat stamps out the pain and renders the journey to birth more soothing and smooth.
AGILITY:
It is almost becoming a norm in some parts of the world for pregnant women to become indolent during pregnancy. The belief is that women need as much rest as they can get during this period, and are supposed to get back in shape afterwards and rise to nimbleness. This is not often the case, as productivity level of some women drop after each pregnancy. Taking on a running exercise, even long before pregnancy key in this case.
REDUCED MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS:
Consistent running goes a long way to put aside any kind of medical complications that may want to spring up during pregnancy. This exercise apparently goes beyond shedding tangible weight to shedding intangible ones capable of unpleasant occurrences in the course of pregnancy.
WELL-BEING:
Running can also put a pregnant woman in a contented state of being happy, healthy and prosperous during gestation.
RECOVERY:
Some women take a short while to recover after delivery, some take a shorter while. But a woman who had been in the business of running before and during pregnancy will certainly take the shortest while to recover.
CONFIDENCE:
Since she’s been running all through gestation without issues, her success boosts her confidence about child birth as her time draws nearer, unlike a first time mum who nurses all sorts of unrealistic fears about child birth.
AEROBIC CAPACITY:
A study of women runners who continued running during their pregnancy recorded an 8 to 10 percent improvement in their maximal aerobic capacity, more than that of a group of non-pregnant runners who followed over the same period.
STRENGHT:
Strength is vital to carry a woman through the nine months journey of pregnancy, and regular exercise; running to be precise is wired to provide the need strength.
GOOD HEALTH:
Instead of falling frequently ill during pregnancy like some pregnant women, engagement in running will thwart illness and ensure soundness of health all through the time.
BIRTH TOLERANCE:
This had to come last because it is feared most by mums to be. In reality, regular running exercise before and during pregnancy eases this process remarkably, as the undertaken exercise had completed necessary preparations in a woman’s body for this stage.
N/B: Consult your doctor before taking on this sport, as there are conditions under which a woman is not permitted to engage in this hobby during pregnancy.
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