Certified Prenatal and Postpartum
Fitness Specialist
in partnership with
Emirates Airline Swimming Pool
& Sports Complex
"Observational studies of women who exercise during pregnancy have shown benefits such as decreased GDM, cesarean birth and operative vaginal delivery, and postpartum recovery time."
The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
- Gestational diabetes mellitus
- Excessive gestational weight gain
- Gestational hypertension
- Preeclampsia
- Premature birth
- Cesarian birth
- Lower birth weight
- Macrosomia
"Physical activity also can be an essential factor in the prevention of depressive disorders of women in the postpartum period. In pregnancy, greater self-reported overall physical fitness and cardiorespiratory fitness are associated with less bodily pain, lumbar and sciatic pain, and reduced pain disability."
The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists