Is excessive exercise harmful to pregnant women?

Pregnant women are a group that is more prone to dangerous situations. As they are pregnant, their belly gets bigger and they can temporarily lose their ability to move. Therefore, exercise is a relatively dangerous thing for pregnant women. Some pregnant women prefer to exercise in their lives, so people’s concerns are not unreasonable. So, is it harmful for pregnant women to exercise excessively? Let’s take a look at the relevant introduction below.

Generally speaking, you can judge whether the amount of exercise is excessive based on your heart rate. The mother's heart rate during exercise should not exceed 140 beats per minute.

You can use the following methods to determine whether the amount of exercise has been excessive:

You can use the pulse on your wrist or under your jaw near your neck to detect whether your pulse is too fast (just press lightly on the pulse for 10 seconds, then multiply the number of pulse beats by 6 to get your heart rate per minute). During exercise, the pulse should not exceed 140 beats/minute and the body temperature should not exceed 38℃. If you feel out of breath when talking during exercise, you should slow down your current exercise until you can maintain a normal speaking speed.

If you experience dizziness, weakness, headache, shortness of breath, palpitations, uterine contractions, vaginal bleeding or leakage, or pain anywhere in your body during exercise, you should stop immediately.

Pregnant women are a group that we should do our best to protect in our lives. It is very easy for problems to occur when a pregnant woman is carrying a baby for her family. This is an issue that everyone needs to pay attention to. However, some pregnant women particularly like sports and believe that sports can enhance the physical fitness of pregnant women, which is also beneficial to the baby. This idea is correct, but excessive exercise for pregnant women is harmful and needs to be controlled.