Much has been said about the benefits of exercising during pregnancy. Now it turns out you have another reason – If you exercise, the odds of you delivering a too-big baby drop by almost 30 percent.

Macrosomia is defined as a baby weight that’s higher than 8.8 pounds (or 4 kilograms). Macrosomia raises your risk of delivery problems, having to perform a C-section, hemorrhages after delivery and more.

Now a research conducted in Norway on nearly 37,000 women has found that exercising during pregnancy (and not necessarily before pregnancy) at least 3 times a week reduces the risk for macrosomia.

Exercising during pregnancy. Now you have another reason. Photo by Dra sick love

How about you? Do you or did you exercise during pregnancy? Let us know in the comments.

For the full article:

Exercise during pregnancy keeps newborn size normal (HealthDay)

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