Exercising during pregnancy might be the earliest intervention strategy available to improve your child’s heart health after birth. Pregnant women who exercise at least 30 minutes three times a week have fetuses with lower heart rates – a sign of heart health – during the final weeks of development. Further, fetuses’ improved cardiovascular heart control is maintained one month after pregnancy, which indicates that mothers’ efforts to stay active have lasting effects.
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