Maintaining a good tonus and a fit body during pregnancy not only keeps you from gaining extra weight, but it also makes your pregnancy more bearable. Although traditional voices say that the woman should rest a lot, make little effort and eat a double quantity of food, doctors recommend a little fitness to make sure you keep yourself healthy during pregnancy. If you associate fitness with massage you can easily prevent edemas, stretch marks and swelling; fitness will also help you maintain a healthy spine as pregnancy has a disastrous effects on it.


Aerobic exercises prepare the pregnant women for the delivery moment as they help her coordinate her breathing and effort. When a pregnant woman makes fitness she should concentrate on her breathing than making effort or exercising; this also helps blood circulation and oxygenates the brain. After making fitness for a determined period during pregnancy, labor will be easier and you will have control over your body during that moment.


The exercises are different depending on the trimester. In the first trimester the pregnant woman should make easier exercises avoiding exercises that imply a lot of muscular effort. In the second trimester the muscles from the upper body will be trained but also the muscles around the abdomen, pelvis and legs. These exercises will be made under strict medical supervision because the pulse must be kept under control and checked all the time.


The duration of the fitness session will be between 20 minutes and one hour but not more than one hour because it might stress the woman and the child causing complications and even death in some cases.


As we can see fitness is very important even for pregnant women; it helps them recover their tonus, keeps them from gaining too much weight during pregnancy and makes the delivery easier. After pregnancy the woman should start with easier exercises, stretching and walking, progressively increasing the duration and effort.