Exercising Through Your Pregnancy

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Exercising Through Your Pregnancy

Exercise is good for pregnant women!

From the PublisherJames F. Clapp III, M.D. has been the world’s foremost researcher in the area of exercise and pregnancy since the early 1980`s. He is presently the conductor of obstetrical exploration at Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and a professor in the Department of Reproductive Biology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Prior to this, he had been a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Vermont College of Medicine since 1970. He also served as the conductor of exploration from 1979 to 1987. A fellow member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the Society for Gynecological Investigation, Clapp received his MD from the University of Vermont in 1963.

About the Author

James F. Clapp III, MD, is a professor emeritus of generative biology at Case Western Reserve University and a exploration professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He lives in Byron, California.

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70 of 71 people found the following review helpful.
Finally, a book that goes beyond walking!
By Amy Swedlo
This book is excellent!

With my first pregnancy, I got so frustrated following the ACOG recommendations for exercise that I stopped working out. It was just too boring to go for a “brisk” walk.

This book helped me to realize that its o.k. to continue running throughout my pregnancy (which I’m still doing at 26 weeks). Dr. Clapp has references to many women who are very active throughout their pregnancies, with *postive* effects on their pregnancy: less weight gain (but still a healthy amount) and giving birth earlier but still full term (37 to 42 weeks is considered term – exercisers tend to be closer to the 37/38 week mark in his studies).

Enough motivation in this book to keep you sweating right up until the day you deliever!

43 of 43 people found the following review helpful.
Best/most detailed book on exercise in pregnancy I have read
By A
I have ordered several books on exercising during pregnancy and most are a dissappointment if you are already active at all. This book explains in detail (and with scientific, medical studies) exactly what you are feeling and why. It explains what effect exercise has on your growing baby and on you,the Mother. The book also includes exercise prescriptions for different types of women, from sedentary to competitive athlete. I highly recommend this book for anyone wishing to exercise safely during pregnancy — but particularly recommend it to those who already are exercising and need much more than the typical beginning books about walking and leg lifts.

79 of 84 people found the following review helpful.
The most DETAILED & ENCOURAGING book available on exercising
By Cynthia Hamilton
I have read a lot of books on exercising while pregnant, but most of them are kind of weak. They tell you to be very, very cautious… and they don’t tell you much about how it is really affecting you and the fetus/baby.

This book is awesome and I’m a hard critic. It doesn’t show you pictures of women doing all the exercises in these modified ways that you never look at again. It focuses on studies of what other women did and the outcomes (babies birth weights, preterm labor, etc). The part I liked best was that the subjects in the studies exercised fairly intensely, not just walking twice a week. It told you how, for example, 25-30 miles of running per week will benefit you and the baby DURING pregnancy.

I just loved it (and I don’t know the author!).

And don’t be put off by the brightly colored pregnant woman on the front that appears to be walking–this covers intense exercise.

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