Complete Preparation for Free Pregnancy Exercises

This article is a series of free pregnancy exercises. Okay so before we begin this, let’s establish one thing: You’re pregnant yes, but that doesn’t
mean you’re fragile. At the same time though, it does mean that your body is undergoing a lot
of changes, and you are carrying another life within you – so you can’t exactly be reckless about
what you do either! Read More >>

That’s the key to prenatal exercise preparation really: Knowing what you can and can’t do.
Within this section, you’re going to find out about what preparatory steps, and safety
measures, you should be undertaking so that your exercise doesn’t end up being more of a
bane than a benefit.

By knowing this, you can then exercise comfortably, knowing that you’ve covered all the bases,
and that you should have few problems, if any!

Checklist Before You Begin Exercising
Although you might be all revved up and ready to get started immediately, before you even
think about beginning to exercise, or really, plan a free pregnancy exercises program, you need to ensure that you’re completely safe.

While we’ll, of course, be covering some of the safety precautions that you can take to
minimize your risk of anything untoward happening, the first thing that you should do is ensure
that you’re not in the way of the more ‘general’ risks.

Bearing this in mind, you should definitely go over the following checklist to see if you fit into
any of these categories:

1. Do you have diabetes of any kind?

2. Any high blood pressure problems at all?

3. Ever had any preexisting heart conditions?

4. Are you at risk of respiratory conditions?

5. Do you have a medical history of premature labor?

6. Have you experienced any physical condition that has prevented you from exercising in
the past?

Needless to say, most of the questions on this checklist are pretty straightforward, so you
should have no trouble answering them based on prior medical check ups.
If your answer to all of these questions was a firm ‘no’, then congratulations, you have little or
nothing to worry about, and you should be able to just follow this guide with no issues
whatsoever.

However, if your answer to any of the questions in the checklist was ‘yes’, or if you were unsure
of the answer, then it is strongly advised that you consult a doctor before you start to plan your
free pregnancy exercises program.

No, that doesn’t mean to say that you should stop reading now though.
Over the course of this guide, you’ll find that you’re able to perform most of the recommended
exercises, unless you have a specific inhibition that prevents you from doing so. Still, it wouldn’t
hurt if, after you know the type of prenatal exercises that you can carry out, if you get a
professional medical opinion.

Better safe than sorry, right? And end of the day, you want to ensure that you’re not exposing
yourself to any unnecessary risk!