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For a pregnant woman, regular exercise has many benefits. It not only brings about positive effects on her health, but also in the health and well-being of her unborn child. At Rainbow Hospitals, our doctors strongly advise our expectant mothers to incorporate a workout regimen in their daily life. However, there are certain exercises and positions that they should avoid.

Due to their extra weight and for the safety of their unborn child, our doctors, considered top gynecologists in Hyderabad, advise that it is vital that they proceed with care.

While many exercises like walking are safe and are easily adaptable, some carry inherent risks. These could be associated with certain positions or with the very nature of the exercise.

Avoid contact sports, such as squash, kickboxing, and judo. These can be dangerous for the fetus since the player can be hit at the abdomen.

The weight gain during pregnancy also places the expectant mother at a certain disadvantage. Her joints are less stable and her centre of gravity is still a little wobbly. Add to that her reactions are also slower. Because of this, certain active sports can become dangerous for her. These include cycling, gymnastics, and horse riding. These sports are dependent on the player maintaining a certain balance and any loss of balance or falling can be perilous for a pregnant woman.


Although swimming is a great exercise, never scuba-dive during pregnancy. The fetus has no protection against gas embolism and decompression sickness that can occur underwater.

Never use steam rooms or saunas during pregnancy.

Avoid exercises that require you to lie flat on your back, especially after you hit 16 weeks.

On high altitudes – over 2500 meters – exercising can be dangerous if you are not acclimatized.

Doctors advise that a pregnant woman with any health problem must seek medical attention before starting any exercise regimen. Always take care of your nutrition and hydration needs and never over-exert yourself. Stop exercising and seek your doctor’s help if you experience the following symptoms:

•headache
•giddiness or feeling faint
•difficulty in catching your breath back whilst exercising
•shortness of breath even before exertion
•palpitations or pain in the chest
•back pain, abdomen pain
•swelling or pain in any or both leg/legs
•pain in your pelvis or pubic area
•muscle weakness
•few or no movements of the fetus
•bleeding
•uterine contractions that seem painful or any indication of preterm labour
•any leakage of amniotic fluid

We advise pregnant women to seek help from reputed hospitals like our Banjara Hills women health clinic. At Rainbow Hospital, we are proud to be counted as the best maternity hospital Hyderabad. We are known for our fertility, neo-natal, birthing, and post-natal care. We take care of our patients – from conception to pediatric care.
anu replied. hello andrew,
in pregnancy doing exercise is good for health, and doing regular exercise is good for infant health, and growth so you carry on with your light exercise like walking. tushar replied. hello andrew,
it is very much important thing, and exercise during pregnancy period, is so much important thing, also keep control on your diet chart also, you should maintain your health. kamal replied. hello andrew,
there is lot of center who teach exercise during pregnancy to women , pregnant lady can do yoga in this period, so it will helpful to maintain the weight she gain, and for inner body also. harish replied. hello teena,
yes it is so much important to exercise but only one which are safe for both mother and child in wrong exercise, and doing exercise is good for health and maintain full body maintain. reshma replied. hello andrew,
thanks for such useful information to used in daily routine also, and yes in pregnancy, doing regular exercise is good for infant health and growth, so dont worry. latika replied. hello lady,
yes it is very important thing, and exercise is also good in this period, thank you so much for such important infromation, and keep control on your diet chart also. kirti replied. hello lady,
its a very important execrcise and its safe too, thanks for provide this information, in this pregnancy period its so important to take care of self, it will make baby strong and helathy. Jiya replied. Hi thanks for sharing such a great information my friend. Will surely follow the same and see to it that me as well as my friends follow the same during this period so that there are no complication Khushi replied. yes it is very important to exercise but only the ones which are safe for both the expecting mother and the child as any wrong exercise an affect both of them and can be regretful so it is extremely necessary to workout after consulting the doctor about them. kali replied. hello lady,
During the pregnancy ladies need to take care a lot and i wish they will do all the exercise to keep them fit and strong so that they will be healthy and the baby also.Then only baby will be so strong and healthy. kavya replied. yes it is necessary to exercise dutring pregnancy as you are on healthy diet and u are on high chances of getting pregnant Anjali Aggarwal replied. Thanks for sharing informative post.