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Pre & Post Natal Information

Your pregnant; CONGRATULATIONS! If this is your first pregnancy you may have many questions. Below is some general information you may find helpful. Please remember that everyone is different and everyone has different specific needs. If you have not been exercising regularly before becoming pregnant you may need to minimize your exercise workload. Please consult you doctor BEFORE beginning ANY exercise program.

Jasmine Jafferali is one of the premier pre/post natal coaches in the Midwest.
She was kind enough to let us link to a couple articles written by her.

Click on the links below for some excellent guidelines and information regarding
pre and post natal.

http://fitnessbusinesspro.com/stepbystep/personaltraining/nine-months-fitness/

http://fitnessbusinesspro.com/stepbystep/personaltraining/nine-months-fitness-2/

To read past pre/post natal pages please click here

Knowing The Basics

Preconceptual Target Heart Rate Formula = 70% (220-age)

Exercise and the Placenta -Women who exercise have bigger placenta's

ACOG -No longer recommends a maximal heart rate of 140 BPM

ACOG -No longer recommends 15 - 20 minutes max duration for everyone!

Warm Up - Warming up for a pregnant women should be 10 - 12 minutes in length

Cardiovascular changes of pregnancy include -
Increased resting heart rate 10-15 BPM
Approximately 30-50% increase in blood volume
Red cell mass increase 18-30%

Information supplied by: Sheila Watkins, MLSci., Founder
Healthy Moms Perinatal Fitness Instructor Training and Certification Course

Certification for
Perinatal Training - If you are
a personal trainer and are interested in receiving certification to work with pre and post natal clients, check out the Health Moms Program. It is one of the best training courses around. Click on the Healthy Moms link to find out more information.

Perinatal Certificate Training
Saturday, May 10, 2008
8am-5pm East Bank Club
www.healthymomsfitness.com

Contact Sheila: sheila@healthymomsfitness.com

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