Type 2 Diabetes - Exercise During Pregnancy To Help Prevent Delivery of Overly Large Babies

Exercise as a Type 2 diabetic isn't an option when it comes to helping improve your insulin sensitivity. It's mandatory. It also helps you lose weight and improve your health in many ways during and after pregnancy. Exercise doesn't just reduce body fat, it increases the level of muscle you have. The more muscle you have, the more your metabolism is turbo-charged. And because muscle burns sugar faster than fat is able to, blood sugar is burned much more quickly.

Research on exercise during pregnancy has yielded conflicting results. Scientists at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, have combined available studies on the subject and analysed them as one large study in order to learn the overall results of all research performed so far.

Their study, reported on in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology in May 2015, included 28 smaller studies encompassing 5,322 pregnancies. It was found...

    mothers who exercised were 31 percent less likely to have an overly large baby than mothers who did not exercise.
    the risk of having an underweight baby was the same in both groups.
    infants from exercising mothers were lighter than those born to sedentary mothers, but they were within normal weight.
    the average weight gain of mothers was 1.1 kg in the exercise group and their risk of needing a cesarean delivery were reduced by 20 per cent.

From these results, it was concluded exercise during pregnancy lowers the risk of newborns being too large without increasing the risk of their being too small.

The Mayo Clinic in the USA recommends a set of ten exercises. Almost everyone can find an exercise plan safe and achievable, but you are advised to consult your doctor before you begin...

    The first exercise is the wall push-up - good for the back and arms, and toning the muscles before delivery.
    The second is the squat - using a large exercise ball to help get the pelvis in shape for delivery.
    Third is leg lifts - starting from all fours to help strengthen abdominal and back muscles for the event ahead.
    Number four consists of step-ups - going up and down one step on a step ladder or stairs.
    Side planks work muscles on the side of the body and lead to greater stability.
    Practice bending your legs from a "V" shape, strengthening leg and back muscles with a balance trainer.
    Sitting on the balance trainer or another piece of equipment, lean back and sit back up to strengthen abdominal muscles.
    Still sitting on the balance trainer, marching legs up and down is another good way to work the abdominal muscles.
    Perform resistance training while sitting on a ball with resistance tubing under your feet. Pull up on the tubing as if rowing a boat, for upper back strength.
    Last but not least, place shorter tubing under your feet while you sit on the ball. Lean forward from the hips and sit up again, strengthening the lower back.

Although managing your disease can be very challenging, Type 2 diabetes is not a condition you must just live with. You can make simple changes to your daily routine and lower both your weight and your blood sugar levels. Hang in there, the longer you do it, the easier it gets.

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