overall health benefits to exercise, there is little conclusive evidence on the correlation between prenatal exercise on weight gain during pregnancy, pregnancy complications, or obstetric outcomes.
METHODS:A prospective survey evaluating exercise habits during each trimester of pregnancy was performed. Exercise level was defined as total number of trimesters (0, 1, 2 or 3) achieving greater than 150 minutes of exercise per week. Weight gain, incidence of pregnancy complications and obstetric outcomes were obtained from the prenatal record and analyzed by exercise level.
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