When To Stop Exercising and Conditions That May Make Exercise Risky
If you experience any of the following symptoms stop exercising and call you doctor right away:
- Bleeding from your vagina
- Difficult or labored breathing before you exercise
- Dizziness
- Headache
- Chest pains
- Muscle weakness
- Calf pain or swelling
- Preterm labor
- Decreased movement of the fetus
- Leakage of fluid from your vagina
If you have any of the conditions below, do not exercise. Check with your health care provider.
| - | Heart disease |
| - | Lung disease |
| - | Incompetent cervix: The cervix is the narrow, outer end of the uterus. If it is weak, it cannot hold the fetus in the uterus |
| - | Preterm labour |
| - | Multiple pregnancy (twins, triplets or more) at risk for preterm labor |
| - | Frequent bleeding from the vagina during months 4-9 of pregnancy |
| - | Placenta previa |
| - | Hypertension |
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