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At women who during pregnancy are engaged in physical culture, clever children
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Specialists from Canada found that 20 minutes of exercise three times a week help the child's intellectual development in the womb, in addition, a child whose mother was engaged in physical education during pregnancy will not be obese.
The carried out researches in this area have confirmed the theory. The experiment involved women volunteers who were in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. Some women led an active lifestyle and regularly, during the week performed physical exercises. In the second group, women were less active, preferring more rest.
Scientists with the help of electroencephalography evaluated the activity of brain activity in children, whose age was 8 - 12 days. As it turned out, children, whose mothers were actively engaged in exercises, had more developed and active brain activity.
Scientists believe that this contributes to the increased oxygen content, which enters the body of the mother during exercise. Sedentary lifestyle during pregnancy can lead to complications of labor. "Active pregnancy" helps the body to transfer the situation more easily and in the future will make the birth easier, and the process of recovery after delivery will be faster.
If the pregnancy is normal, then a moderate physical load is necessary for a woman. The advantages of physical exercises for pregnant women have been mentioned many times. Classes help strengthen muscles, improve blood circulation. Special exercises help to establish the correct breathing, a woman develops breathing techniques that can come in handy during childbirth. Also, during the exercises, a woman learns to strain one muscle, while weakening others - it is important for future labor.
To date, there are many complexes specifically designed for pregnant women, taking into account the period of pregnancy. Such exercises prepare the organism of the expectant mother for the heavy load to which he will be exposed during childbirth. The generic process is hard and exhausting, and regular training throughout pregnancy will help to cope with this much easier.
The presence of chronic diseases in the future mother (congenital heart diseases, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, thyroid disease, overweight, diseases of the musculoskeletal system) is not an absolute contraindication for exercising. In this case, you can consult in the course of pregnancy monitoring a doctor and choose the optimal set of exercises. Usually it is recommended that you do not exercise too hard for the body aerobics, aqua aerobics, walking at moderate pace, gymnastics. A woman should preferably be supervised by an instructor who will coordinate the exercises taking into account the general condition of the woman.
Canadian specialists do not intend to stop at the reached level. In their immediate plans to conduct a series of studies in the development of motor, visual, language abilities of children, depending on the lifestyle of their mothers during pregnancy.
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