Fit and Pregnant: The Pregnant Woman's Guide To Exercise [Paperback]

Joan Marie Butler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2006

Active women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy know that staying fit is good for them and their baby. This book will help them understand the tremendous changes that their body is experiencing and how they can continue to safely exercise before, during, and after their pregnancy. They will hear from women like themselves how they maintained their fitness during pregnancy and how they stayed fit after the baby.
Joan Marie Butler is an experienced nurse-midwife, nurse practitioner, a mother of three, and formerly a nationally-ranked Masters athlete.

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"""Joan Butler has brought together in one volume, a how-to approach to physical fitness during pregnancy. A valuable asset to any woman who wishes to remain fit during pregnancy and after.""
James Cahill, MD, FACOG"

"""Joan Butler's writing is like her patient care, excellent.""
Patrick Dorr MD, FACOG"

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Vitesse Press; 2 edition (November 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941950409
• ISBN-13: 978-0941950404
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #935,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enthusiastically recommended for expectant mothers everywhere., January 6, 2007

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This review is from: Fit and Pregnant: The Pregnant Woman's Guide To Exercise (Paperback)

Now in a revised and expanded edition, Fit & Pregnant: The Pregnant Woman's Guide to Exercise presents the medically sound advice of nurse, midwife, athlete, and mother of two Joan Marie Butler for pregnant women of all backgrounds. Though Fit & Pregnant pays especial attention to the concerns of highly athletic women and particularly professional athletes, the needs, concerns, body changes, and exercise guidelines for all pregnant and postpartum women regardless of background are covered. Fit & Pregnant explores the beneficial effects exercise can have on the pregnant body, from types of exercise that can reduce the risk of postpartum urinary incontinence to general health and fitness promotion. Fit & Pregnant also covers which specific exercises are best avoided particularly in the second trimester onward, how to lift weights safely, and how to scale back particularly intense regimens - pregnant women are advised to train not for professional competition, but rather specifically for the "event" of delivering a healthy baby. Also discussed at length are the changes a pregnant woman's body goes through, what to expect and prepare for, and means to maximize health and safety throughout the experience. Enthusiastically recommended for expectant mothers everywhere.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars complete waste of time and money, June 19, 2010

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This review is from: Fit and Pregnant: The Pregnant Woman's Guide To Exercise (Paperback)

I had written this review a couple of weeks ago, which strangely never got posted. Hmm..odd. In all honesty, there is nothing in this book that: 1) can not be obtained from other reputable sources for free, and 2) already fitness conscious women (the reader demographic targeted by this book) do not already know.

Two things in this book: 1) go easy while you're pregnant, a fairly obvious point elaborated and repeated through various different women's stories a thousand times over, for length - not depth. And 2) every pregnancy is different, so find what works for you. I would hope that the author would have spent some time actually providing specific guidelines as to *how* to find that point of appropriate intensity. Instead, this point is counterintuitively illustrated by various different women's stories, to illustrate how everyone has a different definition of a good exercise level during pregnancy. I'd like to find out mine; if everyone is different as pointed out numerous times, I don't think all these other stories are of so much interest to me.

I've no idea why my previous review didn't make it; I do hope this one does - in the spirit of democratic public opinion.