For active women, the outdoors continues to call, even during pregnancy. What vital women really need to know is how to nurture a healthy pregnancy while continuing to participate in the outdoor activities they love. What’s safe and what’s not? What are the benefits and risks for both mom and baby? In THE ACTIVE WOMAN’S GUIDE TO PREGNANCY, Dr. Aneema Van Groenou provides a thorough and accessible guide to practicing safe and healthful outdoors exercise throughout pregnancy. Starting with an overview of the amazing benefits of exercise during pregnancy, Dr. Van Groenou moves on to the myths and risks, then covers gear, warming up, cooling down, and stretches. The heart of the book is an activity-by-activity description of proper techniques and realistic expectations for each trimester. This guide is full of practical advice that will keep women healthy and mobile all nine months.
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* A reader-friendly guide to staying active outdoors during pregnancy, including benefits and risks for both mom and baby.
* Activities include running, hiking, biking, swimming, surfing, skiing, snowshoeing, and much more.
* Women who exercise during pregnancy gain less fat in late pregnancy, recover their pre-pregnancy fitness levels faster, experience less discomfort during pregnancy, and have a shorter labor and fewer interventions during delivery.
* Infants of exercising mothers have leaner bodies, are more alert in the first few days after birth, and show better performance on standardized intelligence tests at ages one and five.
About the Author
ANEEMA VAN GROENOU, M.D., interned in obstetrics at Stanford University and trained in emergency and wilderness medicine at the Denver Health Medical Center, where she currently works as a resident. Her articles have appeared in Pregnancy magazine, Baby Years magazine, and Modern Bride, and she is a contributing writer and health expert for iParenting.com.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Fabulous resource,
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This review is from: The Active Woman's Guide to Pregnancy: Practical Advice for Getting Outdoors When Expecting (Paperback)
Finally, a pregnancy guide for those of us who don't want to hole up on the couch for 9 months! A clear assessment of risks (and rewards) of different activities (jogging,water-skiing, hiking, etc.)in a totally user-friendly format. Inspiring, too. Get it for anybody you know who is pregnant and still wants to get out there.
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Great reference,
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This review is from: The Active Woman's Guide to Pregnancy: Practical Advice for Getting Outdoors When Expecting (Paperback)
Most of the all-in-one pregnancy/childbirth/newborn care books have precious little space devoted to information on exercise during pregnancy and a lot of what is included is overly conservative advice (as if being sedentary is somehow safer than being physically active).
Reading this all the way through would be a bit weird, but used as a reference it is fantastic. Advice is divided by trimester and is sensible. There is little about the post-partum period or about exercise and breastfeeding (this is, after all, about pregnancy), but what she does say on those subjects is also completely reasonable.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Happy Husband,
By Myles X Mendoza (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Active Woman's Guide to Pregnancy: Practical Advice for Getting Outdoors When Expecting (Paperback)
My wife and I are both active outdoor types. I bought this book for my wife to try and make sure that we maintain an active lifestyle throughtout her pregnancy and after the birth of our son. We were able to follow the guidelines of Dr. Van Groenou and had a great time throughout the last couple months. There are no other books like this. My wife looked great and felt great as well. We are now happy parents to a healthy baby boy. Great advice in the book!!!!
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