Pregnancy Signs & Symptoms, Week by Week Pregnancy Guide

14th week of pregnancy falls under the category of second trimester. The fourteen weeks pregnant should realize that this is the good time for exercising.

Exercising can aid the pregnant women to prepare their baby’s body for rapid growth and expansion. Moreover, Exercise at 14 weeks pregnant is advisable since the miscarriage is in blur now.

Because of this, the second trimester is accepted to offer more energy for doing exercises when compared to the first trimester.

During this trimester, you may feel much better than any other time in the pregnancy. Maintain to monitor the reaction of your body to exercise, and if you feel good to do so, increase the intensity or the duration of your workouts. Many women prefer prenatal exercise classes.

If you experience any unbalance, avoid taking part in the tennis, skating, gymnastics, downhill skiing, horseback riding, hiking, and trail biking in the woods over the rutty trails. This can be replaced by stationary bike, water aerobics, or swimming.

Here are some exercises which may be done in the 14th week.

Walking

Walking is very safe in all the pregnancy weeks and it also provides a healthy cardiovascular working. Use well-made and comfortable shoes to avoid sore feet and the falling risk. It is believed that most of the low impact exercises are very safe.

Yoga

It is also a low impact, relaxing exercise to get stretch tired muscles. This exercise is very good and safe throughout the pregnancy. Still you should always avoid doing asanas, inverted poses in which you should stand upside down. The quantity and blood flow change at the time of pregnancy is probably to make you lightheaded and dizzy.

Water aerobics and swimming

Water aerobics and swimming are low impact exercises and are very safe and good throughout the pregnancy. Water gives a kind of natural resistance which softly tones your muscles. Many of them offer water aerobics and swimming classes mainly for pregnant women.

Dancing

This may be done at your gym or at your home and special classes are provided for the pregnant women. Avoid much leaping, jumping and spinning.

Stationary bicycle

Riding an immobile bike is a very good exercise as there will be less chances of falling down. As the abdomen grows, it can apply more stress on your back. So begin slowly and avoid over exerting yourself.

Your doctor may ask you to avoid the ball sports like basketball, soccer, racquetball etc. And outdoor cycling may expose your baby and you to unwanted exhaust and other kind of fumes as you ride on the roads, so if your doctor and you decide that you are able to ride the cycle outdoors, choose the areas with low traffic.