Prenatal aerobic exercise may improve fetal cardiac function, finds study
Significant differences in fetal LV cardiac outflow was observed with greater aortic valve peak velocity among fetuses of aerobically-trained pregnant women.;

US: Brain development begins in utero and continues throughout adolescence. During this developmental process, the brain can be affected both positively and negatively by internal and external factors like maternal deprivation in early developmental periods has been linked to neuropsychiatric disorders later in life, including anxiety disorders, depression, and drug abuse.
Conversely, exercise enhances learning and memory, facilitates recovery after brain injury and can prevent cognitive decline associated with aging. In addition, findings have shown that maternal exercise during pregnancy can enhance learning and also reduce anxiety-like behavior in the offspring. Currently recommended weekly levels of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity maternal aerobic exercise may hold long-term benefits for offspring during pregnancy.
Researchers at the East Carolina University conducted a study to assess the effects of supervised prenatal aerobic exercise at recommended levels on fetal cardiac function and outflow in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy. Prospective, nonblinded, 2-armed randomized controlled exercise intervention trial between 2015 and 2018 was done and published in the American Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM.
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