Exercise

Health pregnant women are encouraged to partake in exercise, which is increasingly being shown to to be beneficial for both the mother and child (Davies et al., 2003; Dempsey et al., 2005). While exercise training during pregnancy is common practice among a subgroup of physically active women, pregnancy and postpartum studies reveal there is generally a high risk for inactivity among pregnant womwn, with signficant reductions in previously established levels of activity (Albright and Maddock, 2006; Downs and Hausenbals, 2004; Zhang and Savitz, 199