Fit and healthy pregnancy : how to stay strong and in shape for you and your baby

**Exercise during pregnancy isn't just safe, it's healthy for you and your baby. Fit & Healthy Pregnancy will help new mothers experience an easier, healthier pregnancy and a faster return to fitness after delivery.** Fit & Healthy Pregnancy dispels generations of old wives' tales about exercise and pregnancy so active women can stay strong and in shape. This book from running coach Dr. Kristina Pinto and triathlete Rachel Kramer, MD goes beyond labor and delivery through the "fourth trimester," helping new mothers return to fitness after they've had their babies. Fit & Healthy Pregnancy reviews up-to-date research to show that exercise during pregnancy isn't just safe, it's ideal for health and wellness. Pinto and Kramer guide moms-to-be through each trimester, showing how their bodies, nutrition needs, and workouts will change. The authors cover the months following delivery, when women adapt to a new lifestyle that balances family, fitness, self, and perhaps a return to work. They offer smart guidance and tips on breastfeeding, sleep training, nutrition and hydration, weight loss, and how to transition back into workouts and training. Fit & Healthy Pregnancy includes • **Trimester** guides to body changes, nutrition, and emotional health • **Guidance** on exercise, rest, body temperature, injury prevention • **Guidelines** and suggested workouts for running, swimming, and cycling • **Strength and flexibility exercises** to reduce discomfort and chance of injury • **Tips** on exercise gear for each trimester • **Symptoms** of common pregnancy conditions and when to see a doctor • Three chapters of expert guidance on **returning to fitness after delivery** "Becoming pregnant doesn't mean an end to exercise. Despite old wives' tales and mother-to-be nerves, the medical community is embracing the idea of a fit and healthy pregnancy. Finally pregnant athletes have a book just for them. A running coach and doctor guide women through how to train, what is safe, and what are the limits of exercising from conception through the first months after delivery"--Provided by publisher. "Becoming pregnant doesn't mean an end to exercise. Despite old wives' tales and mother-to-be nerves, the medical community is embracing the idea of a fit and healthy pregnancy. Finally pregnant athletes have a book just for them. A running coach and doctor guide women through how to train, what is safe, and what are the limits of exercising from conception through the first months after delivery"-- Provided by publisher Exercise during pregnancy isn't just safe, it's healthy for you and your baby. This book dispels generations of old wives' tales about exercise and pregnancy so active women can stay strong and in shape. It reviews research to show that exercise during pregnancy isn't just safe, it's ideal for health and wellness.