When To Stop Exercising and Conditions That May Make Exercise Risky

If you experience any of the following symptoms stop exercising and call you doctor right away:

- Bleeding from your vagina
- Difficult or labored breathing before you exercise
- Dizziness
- Headache
- Chest pains
- Muscle weakness
- Calf pain or swelling
- Preterm labor
- Decreased movement of the fetus
- Leakage of fluid from your vagina

If you have any of the conditions below, do not exercise. Check with your health care provider.

-	Heart disease
-	Lung disease
-	Incompetent cervix: The cervix is the narrow, outer end of the uterus. If it is weak, it cannot hold the fetus in the uterus
-	Preterm labour
-	Multiple pregnancy (twins, triplets or more) at risk for preterm labor
-	Frequent bleeding from the vagina during months 4-9 of pregnancy
-	Placenta previa
-	Hypertension

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