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Abstract:
With a background in fitness, the benefit of exercise in pregnancy and the postnatal period is a big passion of mine. I have trained and studied in this area since 1999, and have worked as a midwife in community, low risk and an obstetric unit for the last eight years. In addition and outside these roles I have established busy ante and postnatal exercise classes. This article will discuss an ongoing external audit of mine on labour and birth outcomes of women who maintain an exercise programme in pregnancy. It will also make comparison with past pieces of research on exercise in pregnancy.
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