The time has passed when pregnancy was considered a disease that needed to be waited in bed. Nowadays, obstetricians and doctors insist that movement is life. It has already been proven that with a lack of movement, a threat of miscarriage, weak labor and increased toxicosis can occur. So, pregnant women just need to move!
And it’s best to move in water. Thanks to this, doctors actively recommend that women in the position of a pregnant pool visit. But why do we need such classes? And what can they give the expectant mother and her baby? We will talk about this further.
All classes for pregnant women in the pool are divided into 3 main groups - water aerobics, diving and swimming. These are the 3 whales on which is a good mood and health and the future baby and mother.
Swimming
As you know, in water all objects are lighter. Especially this can be felt by a future mother, who is already a little tired from a significant increase in kilograms. Water will allow her to feel light, like a feather. Water will relax, and also help to cope with the stresses and excitements that are arising.
Undoubtedly, you will enjoy classes in the pool for pregnant women, where you will lie on the water, taking the pose of a starfish, relax and think about pleasant things. You will feel how water gently supports you. We recommend that you remember this feeling as accurately as possible, as it is useful for relaxing during childbirth.
Also, visiting the pool for pregnant women, you will notice that classes unload the musculoskeletal system and the spine itself, strengthen the muscles of the chest, increase endurance and give good exercise. By the way, experienced doctors and obstetricians argue that pregnant women who actively swim during their "interesting" position will experience less problems with lactation.
Diving
Diving for pregnant women, as it turned out, is very useful both from a psychological and physical point of view. We propose to do the following: completely immerse yourself in water, draw in more air and, holding your breath, lower your face into the water. It is best to dive in the pose of a "float" - bend and grab your knees with your hands. Linger in this position for as long as possible.
If you want to practice holding your breath, which will become your assistant during attempts, we recommend that you visit fitness for pregnant women. The pool for such activities is an ideal place! At the same time, the baby will get used to the lack of oxygen, because food and oxygen during contractions cease to flow through the umbilical cord into his body. It is also a wonderful prevention of intrauterine hypoxia.
Water aerobics
During pregnancy, it is very important for you to maintain physical fitness and improve it. Therefore, extreme loads will have to be postponed for some time. You can visit the pool, for pregnant women there is considerable benefit - it has been proved repeatedly and by more than one doctor. You can walk or run in the water, while raising your knees high, doing swings with your feet and hands.
In addition, in the pool it is very important to stretch, as warm water can make your ligaments more elastic, which is useful to you during labor and in the postpartum period. After all, agree that you will want to return to their previous forms as quickly as possible.
To train your inner thigh muscles, perform, for example, the following exercise: stand near the pool wall and grab the handrail. Raise your legs, spread them as far as possible, with your feet resting against the wall. Linger a bit in such a position that the thigh tissue is used to stretching. After that, try to spread your legs even wider, as if you want to sit on the twine.
Pool Hygiene
Of course, when visits to the pool begin, the issue of hygiene will become an important issue for pregnant women. Recently, cases of infection with household syphilis in public pools are not uncommon. But water contributes to the easy transfer of unhealthy flora, especially if the pool is small.
The water in the pools is changed once a month, and people go there very different. In addition, such institutions do not allocate a separate pool for pregnant women (reviews, however, about the common pools in which future mothers are engaged, for the most part only positive). In public pools, it happens that people go with a certificate or with absolutely no help. So, if you do not require a certificate from a doctor, then others are unlikely to require it.
Antibiotics are added to large public pools, which is regulated by hygiene standards. This ensures that you will be engaged in a solution of anticoagulants, bleach, as well as antibiotics, which can provoke allergic reactions and thrush in the future, not only in a pregnant woman, but also in her unborn baby.
Pool selection
We do not recommend that you go to any pool, because in almost every large school for preparing for pregnancy and childbirth, classes in the water can offer you. Therefore, we advise you to choose just such a specialized option. And to engage in the company of other pregnant women is much more fun and enjoyable.
When choosing an instructor for yourself, you need to observe how he conducts classes. It happens that the instructor only gives out commands, not monitoring the correct execution of them - this is not the best option for you. An experienced instructor must choose an individual program for each pregnant woman and be sure to monitor how correctly she performs each exercise.
Contraindications
Undoubtedly, swimming has its contraindications, which in most cases are associated with certain disorders in pregnancy - fetal hypoxia or the threat of miscarriage. In other cases, there are no contraindications, so you can safely visit the pool for pregnant women without risk to health.
However, it is important to consider that your body will cool in water, which may lead to the fact that you cannot adequately assess physical fatigue. Therefore, exercises for pregnant women should be strictly dosed by an experienced instructor. If these rules are not followed, some unpleasant complications can occur - lowering pressure, dizziness and even fainting.