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Being active in pregnancy (DRAFT - Best start)

Being active in pregnancy (DRAFT - Best start)

Exercise is good for you and your baby, there are lots of opportunities to keep active during pregnancy.

Gentle exercise during pregnancy is good (and safe) for you and your baby. Not only does it help you maintain a healthy weight but it also helps prepare your body for labour.

Keep up your normal daily physical activity or exercise (sport, running, yoga, dancing, or even walking to the shops and back) for as long as you feel comfortable.

suggest pregnant women should be aiming for at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity every week throughout pregnancy with muscle strengthening activities twice a week.

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Blooming healthy - maternity healthy lifestyle advice

Blooming Healthy is a service run by a specialist midwife in 香港六合彩资料图库 for those who have a BMI of 35 or over in early pregnancy and would like 1-1 support to make healthier lifestyle choices. 

Speak to your midwife or email: wah-tr.bloominghealthy@nhs.net to find out more.

Pregnancy and postnatal classes and walks

Find group group exercise classes and walks for pregnant women here: Antenatal physical activities (PDF)

Free home exercise videos

'This Mum Moves' provides free home exercise videos for pregnancy and postnatally.

Local opportunities for being active

The district council websites have information with local opportunities for being active:

香港六合彩资料图库 Health Walks aim to improve the county鈥檚 health and wellbeing by encouraging more people to become physically active through the simplest form of exercise, walking. The scheme introduces walking through a series of local short group walks led by a trained volunteer walk leader.

Leisure centres in 香港六合彩资料图库

Visit the following websites to find leisure centres in your area:

- Worcester and Malvern
- Wyre Forest
- Redditch
- Bromsgrove
- Wychavon

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