Exercise is good not only for mothers-to-be, but also for their developing babies, according to a new study by researchers from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences.
Maternal exercise during pregnancy may have a beneficial effect on fetal cardiac programming by reducing fetal heart rate and increasing heart rate variability. Researchers studied fetal heart rates with magnetocardiography (MCG), a safe, non-invasive method used to record the magnetic field surrounding the electrical currents generated by the fetal heart and nervous system.
There were significantly lower heart rates among fetuses that had been exposed to maternal exercise. The heart rates among non-exposed fetuses were higher, regardless of the fetal activity or the gestational age.
The researchers concluded that exercising during pregnancy can benefit a mother’s own heart and her developing baby’s heart as well.
I am in the medical field and it seems like the general consensus is that exercise is healthy during pregnancy. I want to exercise if I get pregnant but I dont want to overdo it. I feel like kickboxing might be a little too much, maybe you could offer a lower impact class for those that are pregnant?
I am going to have Rosie or Colleen reply I believe they would be able to help you.