When Should You Not Exercise If You Are Pregnant?

One has to be extremely careful in choosing the exercise routine when they are carrying a baby i.e. pregnant. There are a number of reasons why you should not be exercising during pregnancy but the following issues are so severe that you strictly shouldn’t get involved in any exercising routine of any sort. Situations when you should not exercise include:

1.     Toxemia Why? Because exercise can worsen it!
2.     Vaginal bleeding Why?To avoid uterine cramps!
3.     Placenta previa Why? Because you are at high risk of haemorrhage!
4.     History of pre-term labour Why? Because exercise can augment or initiate uterine contractions!
5.     Intra-uterine growth retardation Why? Because exercise can shift the blood flow away from placentra so it should be avoided in all cases of Intra-uterine growth retardation!
6.     Multiple pregnancy Why? Because it can raise and splint the diaphragm even more than usual!
7.     Heart disease Why? Because exercises increases the strain on heart putting you at higher risk of heart attack!
8.     Premature rupture of membranes Why? Because it can put you at high risk of leakage or even burst of water bag.
9.     Incompetent cervix or circlage Why? Because it is a condition where the mouth of the uterus is so weak that baby can slip out after the first trimester so to treat this condition they put a strengthening stitch or circlage on the cervix which calls for a total bed rest and zero exercise.
10.     Chronic hypertension Why? Because exerting your self can lead to high blood pressure!
11.     Active thyroid, diabetes or lung disease Why? Because it can cause so many adverse effects!