“Research has shown that women who exercise have an easier time on labor delivery than women who do not,” Whitmore explained at that time. “I think that an ab workout is OK, you cannot hurt your baby until you physically hurt yourself. So as long as you’re in a low risk pregnancy, the workout would be completely fine. If you don’t have an extremely large baby, you’re not carrying multiples and you don’t have a history of preterm labor, I think it’s completely fine.
Whitmore did note that she only recommends women do a “strenuous” exercise routine if they worked out regularly before pregnancy.
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