Are you waiting for a happy event ? If you get some exercise throughout your pregnancy, you will prevent weight gain and reduce the risk of developing cancer by 36%. Gestational Diabetes. These are the conclusions of a Spanish meta-analysis of 13 studies involving a total of more than 2,800 women. Its results were presented in the BJOG review.
The risks of gestational diabetes for mother and child
“Gestational diabetes is one of the most common complications of pregnancy,” recall the researchers behind the meta-analysis at the Virgen de la Luz Hospital in Cuenca (Spain). Gestational diabetes that occurs in pregnant women towards the end of the second trimester of pregnancy is indicative of previously undetected diabetes or diabetes specific to the period of pregnancy.
This blood sugar disorder, which here leads to acute or chronic hyperglycemia, involves many risks for both mother and child, throughout the perinatal period. In children, this diabetes can cause excessive growth and weight (4kg gain), respiratory distress, neonatal hypoglycemia and a risk of developing type 2 diabetes. And in mothers, gestational diabetes can cause difficult or premature labor, preeclampsia with weight gain, edema, high blood pressure and kidney complications.
30% reduction in risk of gestational diabetes with exercise
With the practice of moderate physical exercise during their pregnancy, the analysis confirms a reduction of the risk of gestational diabetes 30% in women and even 36% in women who have practiced throughout their pregnancy.
This effect is even more significant with a program combining tonic gym, strength training, flexibility and aerobic exercise. Exercise also facilitates reasonable weight gain. Its practice during pregnancy is materialized by one kilo less than an average compared to women who have not practiced.
So don’t be afraid to exercise during pregnancy! It will have only positive and important effects on health and without danger for the mother and the child. baby if you practice it moderately.
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