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Helga Hughes developed the "Watercise While You Wait" program, a prenatal water workout program described and illustrated in The Complete Prenatal Water Workout Book. The Watercise program is designed to minimize the effects of gravity on the aching pregnant body. Hughes claims that performing these gentle stretches in a swimming pool enhances posture, strengthens muscles used in labor and delivery and for child care, vitalizes the body for a more rapid return to prepregnancy condition, and helps keep weight gain within healthy limits. But don't expect Jane Fonda here. These exercises are not cardiovascular; they are based on gentle relaxation and are safe and effective for women at all levels of fitness and pregnancy. Explanatory photographs illustrate what the exercises look like out of the water.
