What Exercises Should You Avoid?

 

Avoid weight training and sit-ups after the first trimester. If you want to tone your abdominal muscles, then get on all fours and tighten and relax your muscles as you exhale.

Make sure you don't do anything that includes bouncing, leaping, jarring, a sudden change of direction, or a risk of abdominal injury. Typical limitations include contact sports, downhill skiing, scuba diving, and horseback riding because of the risk of injury they pose. Although some healthcare providers say step aerobics is acceptable if you can lower the height of your step as your pregnancy progresses, others caution that a changing center of gravity makes falls much more likely. Don't become extremely winded, and avoid exercising to the point of exhaustion.

Check with your healthcare provider if you experience any of these warning signs during exercise:

 

•  Uterine contractions

•  Racing heartbeat or chest pain

•  Fluid leaking from your vagina

•  Vaginal bleeding

•  Dizziness or lightheadedness

•  Unusual pain

•  Unusual shortness of breath

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