Maternity swimming at M isasa Hospital of Okayama University Medical School-Fourth report. The growth and development of babies who were born from the mothers who experienced the maternity swimming

第1報において妊婦水泳に関する妊婦の認識について報告し，第2報において妊婦水泳の現状とその適応について報告し，第3報にて妊婦水泳が循環器系に与える影響について報告した。今回は，母親が妊婦水泳を行い出生後1年以上経過した児の発育，発達状況についてアンケート調査を行った。その結果，発育e発達状況は艮好であった。現時点で全例正常な発達をしていた。このことより我々の行っている妊婦水泳は児の発育，発達に悪影響を及ぼさないことが確かめられた。Seventy babies were born from the mothers who experienced maternity swimming in our hospital. The growth and development of 31 babies that were over 1 years old were investigated by means of a questionnaire survey. 62.5% of the total were answered. This survey showed that no babies had problems with their growth and development. These results suggest that maternal Swimmingmight have no hazardous effects on the fetus