Give your baby a better start--with exercise.New research provides more reasons to keep exercising during pregnancy, or start exercising if you don't already. Forty-six pregnant women who were not regular exercisers were assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to either a no-exercise group or to a group that did weight-bearing exercise three to five times per week for the duration of the pregnancy beginning at eight weeks. The researchers found that measures of fetal fetal /fe·tal/ (fe´tal) of or pertaining to a fetus or the period of its development. fe·tal adj. Of, relating to, or being a fetus. and placental placental pertaining to or emanating from placenta. placental barrier the placental separation of maternal and fetal blood which varies in its structure and permeability between the species. growth were enhanced for the exercising women, resulting in babies born with higher birth weight and height as compared to non-exercising controls. (American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology obstetrics and gynecology Medical and surgical specialty concerned with the management of pregnancy and childbirth and with the health of the female reproductive system. , 2000, Vol. 183, No. 6, pp. 1484-1488) |
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