Fit & Pregnant (Second Edition)
The Pregnant Woman's Guide To Exercise

by Joan Butler

Status: Available
Price  $17.95  
0-941950-40-9

Learn how to stay fit during your pregnancy. This completely-revised new book is packed with advice from Joan Butler, an experienced nurse-midwife who is a mother of two and an athlete. In addition, dozens of mothers share their stories of exercising during pregnancy. Fit & Pregnant has already help thousands of active women. Order today.

** From the January 2007 Midwest Book Review**
"Now in a revised and expanded edition, Fit & Pregnant: The Pregnant Woman's Guide to Exercise presents the medically sound advice of nurse, midwife, athlete, and mother of two Joan Marie Butler for pregnant women of all backgrounds. Though Fit & Pregnant pays especial attention to the concerns of highly athletic women and particularly professional athletes, the needs, concerns, body changes, and exercise guidelines for all pregnant and postpartum women regardless of background are covered. Fit & Pregnant explores the beneficial effects exercise can have on the pregnant body, from types of exercise that can reduce the risk of postpartum urinary incontinence to general health and fitness promotion. Fit & Pregnant also covers which specific exercises are best avoided particularly in the second trimester onward, how to lift weights safely, and how to scale back particularly intense regimens - pregnant women are advised to train not for professional competition, but rather specifically for the "event" of delivering a healthy baby. Also discussed at length are the changes a pregnant woman's body goes through, what to expect and prepare for, and means to maximize health and safety throughout the experience. Enthusiastically recommended for expectant mothers everywhere."

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Active women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy know that staying fit is good for them and their baby. This book will help them understand the tremendous changes that their body is experiencing and how they can continue to safely exercise before, during, and after their pregnancy. They will hear from women like themselves -- how they maintained their fitness during pregnancy and how they stayed fit after the baby.

Description: 192 pages, 53 photographs, charts, reference list, resource listing, and index

In Fit & Pregnant, you will learn how:

• physical activity may affect your ability to get pregnant,
• your body changes over the next nine months,
• your baby is affected by the exercise you do,
• exercise needs to be modified during pregnancy,
• other mothers stayed fit during their pregnancies.

Review Comments for Fit & Pregnant:

"Finally there is a terrific book for active women ... who want to keep up their workouts throughout their pregnancies and postpartum."
--Sylvia Klein Olkin, MS Positive Pregnancy and Parenting Fitness Newsletter

"Fit & Pregnant provides a compassionate and rational approach to the subject of exercise and pregnancy."
--Kristen J. Kratzert, MD, F.A.C.O.G.

"Joan Butler's writing is like her patient care ... excellent!"
--Patrick Dorr MD, F.A.C.O.G.

"Drawing upon personal experience, the experiences of other active women, and medical research, Joan Butler has brought together in one volume, a "how to" approach to physical fitness during pregnancy. Fit & Pregnant will be a valuable asset to any woman who wishes to remain fit during pregnancy and after."
--James Cahill, MD, F.A.C.O.G.

"I strongly recommend this book to anyone contemplating pregnancy or who is pregnant and concerned about safely maintaining their fitness during this special period."
--Genie Rotundo, RN, FACCE Childbirth Educator

"An intelligent, fun, inspiring and easy-to-read guide to maintaining fitness in pregnancy ... a must read!"
--Cheryl Hunt, RN

"... A very informative and practical guide for the pregnant woman and new mother who wishes to stay fit during her pregnancy and after. Joan Butler shares creative options for exercising while facing the unexpected realities of parenthood."
--Kathy M. Caiello, A.C.E. Certified Personal Trainer and Aerobics Instructor

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