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Keeping up with physical activity during pregnancy can help you maintain a healthy pregnancy weight and fight fatigue. It also helps improve endurance, which prepares you for the long hours of labor and delivery as well as recovery. Many forms of moderate exercise can be done during the first trimester.
It depends on how fit you were when you had your baby, and how straightforward your labour was. If you did regular exercise up until the end of your pregnancy, and your baby's birth went smoothly, you can do some light exercise and stretching soon after the birth (ACOG 2002, Davies et al 2003) . You should take up exercise more gradually if you: However, you can begin exercising pelvic floor and lower tummy muscles as soon as you feel ready. Pelvic floor exercises are essential to protect against leaking wee (stress incontinence) after birth (Boyle et al 2012) .