Plus, five questions answered about working out while pregnant. Women who exercise while pregnant are not only helping themselves, but their babies too, according to a new study. Newborns whose moms ...

Physical fitness is important to overall health, but for pregnant women, the question of what kind – and exactly how much – exercise they should get often yields mixed advice. “As a general rule, all ...

Pregnancy is one of the most intense physical challenges a person can go through, so it's important to take things easy. With that being said, you still want to stay reasonably active. You may not ...

Exercising during pregnancy provides a multitude of health benefits you may not even consider, like reducing pregnancy discomforts such as back pain, constipation, and leg swelling. It also helps you ...

The belief that it’s dangerous to exercise during pregnancy is common — but it’s wrong. Credit...Heather Sten for The New York Times Supported by By Melinda Wenner Moyer This guide was originally ...

When you’re pregnant, the couch quickly becomes your best friend. Exercise may be the last thing on your mind during the fatigue of the first trimester or when the aches and pains set in as your belly ...

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Exercise during pregnancy may enable mothers to significantly reduce their children’s chances of developing diabetes and other metabolic diseases later in life, new research suggests. A study in lab ...

What expectant women should know about working out. Women who sweat it out during pregnancy will likely have a sweet reward at the end, according to a new study. Researchers in Spain found that women ...

(Reuters Health) - Only one in two pregnant women in an Australian survey said their healthcare practitioner had advised them about exercising, and more than half of these women had to raise the topic ...

A total of 41 studies (21 cohort studies and 20 RCTs) were included in the analysis. Key findings included the following: The relative risk (RR) for preterm birth was 0.87 (95% confidence interval [CI ...

Fitness expert and Greatist.com contributor Vicki Vara shares her top pregnancy workout tips. When you’re expecting, often the last thing you want to do is try to come up with an exercise routine.