Third Trimester Pregnancy Exercise - Examples of Safe Exercises For Pregnant Women

Wow! So you're in your third trimester. Congratulations! How thrilling! Read on and let us help you with a third trimester pregnancy exercise and some tips to pull you through this last haul.

The Third Trimester

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Three simple words. Only someone who's never been pregnant would not be aware of all the good stuff that's packed into this description of this wonderful season of pregnancy.

Your due date's finally just around the corner and you're hitting the last stretch loaded with energy and great excitement in anticipation of that heavenly delivery. It's official! You've made it to your third trimester: Weeks 29-40.

Don't pat yourself on the back for too long, because there's still work to be done taking care of both your and baby!

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You continue to grow but begin to feel somewhat tired with never-before-felt aches here and there. Hang in there. There's still a while to go and still must continue with your exercises. Don't forget to stay on that healthy, balanced diet, too.

For now then, get up and moving. As long as your due date remains, moderate exercise is key, remembering to double-check with your doctor or Lamaze coach about varying your exercises or going at a slower pace.

Remember: cut back if you feel even the least unwell or overstressed. Until then, let's go!

Here's a third trimester pregnancy exercise to try that can take you right through to D-day (Delivery Day)!

Pregnancy Exercise #1

Face wall. Spread feet a bit more than hip-width apart. Turn knees out. Keep legs straight. Place hands on wall. Tilt your pelvis and ensure tail-bone points down. Bend knees and lower torso towards floor. Straighten your legs, pressing upwards through your heels. Repeat with 10 or 12 repetitions. Rest between sets.

Pregnancy Exercise #2

Face wall. Feet again hip-width apart. Place hands on wall, arms straight. Pull belly-button inward towards your spine. Keep your back straight. Bend elbows and bring chest towards wall. Push back. Repeat with 10 or 12 repetitions. Rest between sets.

Third Trimester Questions

Don't worry or feel embarrassed if you're anxious about never-before-experienced symptoms or developments in your body. A reliable source of information below will ease your anxiety.

Whether shortness of breath, unusual swelling, itchiness, more frequent urination or other symptoms, try not to worry but do your part sticking to your healthy, well-rounded diet and getting moderate exercise, key to staying fit for the remainder of your pregnancy.

There are a lot of special considerations pregnant women have during their third trimester. Pregnancy exercise is important but there is more. Get enough rest, nap during the day especially after interrupted sleep at night, take deep breaths and get lots of fresh outdoor air. A good massage helps!

Third Trimester Pregnancy Exercise - Examples of Safe Exercises For Pregnant Women

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31 And 32 Weeks Pregnant

31 Weeks Pregnant

You are now in your 31st week of pregnancy and your baby is now the size of a celery stick. Besides many other developments in the baby, the major growth is of lungs wherein air sacs starts releasing surfactant which is vital to keep the tissues in the lungs apart.

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The fats deposits are continue to build under your baby skin and the skin of the baby becomes little thicker than before and it is no more translucent. The face of your baby is now smoother with much rounder in shape.

With each passing day, you find your baby active than before as the responses are more common. You baby will not able to observer each and every move you take such as talking, walking, bathing, exercising etc. Though, with every passing week, the space become limited for your baby because of his growing size, you will still feel some movements that your baby will made in the uterus.

32 Weeks Pregnant

Your baby is growing fast and the space in the uterus and baby becomes confined in that limited space. He is no more floating in the amniotic fluid as he did few weeks earlier. Normally, by this time, your baby is in inverted position in the uterus, i.e. upside down or head down position. It is assumed to be the final position of your baby before the labor time; however, in some women, the baby may take a week or so more to get this position so there is no cause of concern in it.

Development of your baby continues and more fat deposits build up under the skin of your baby. Up till now, he is more aware of his surroundings and can hear the heartbeats, stomach rumblings etc. He is also aware of his external environment as well as he does response to some external voices as well, especially the loud ones. Lungs are still developing, but your baby has not yet started breathing.

Lanugo (soft hairs) can be seen in patches only on shoulders and neck region. The hairs on the head are relatively larger than before. Subcutaneous fat deposits continuously to build under your baby skin, especially in the arms and legs.

The baby is growing steadily and the space for him in the uterus is getting less as he is growing in his size but yet you can feel the movements made by baby. Almost ten of those movements you can observe in a day irrespective of the space left in the uterus for him to move.

31 And 32 Weeks Pregnant

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