TITLE : Exercising Through Your Pregnancy
             LEAD AUTHOR: Clapp III, James F.
             ITEM NUMBER: BCLA0941
             ISBN : 0-87322-941-X


             Price USA: $16.95    Canada: $24.95    Europe: £13.95
                      Australia: $28.95   New Zealand: $40.95

                           An essential guide for active women before, during, and after pregnancy


Copyright date:     1998
Pages:              256
Trim size:          6 x 9
Publication date:   6/30/98

DESCRIPTION

Exercising Through Your Pregnancy is the authoritative source for active, expecting mothers as well as for any physically active woman planning to have children.

Based on Dr. James Clapp's extensive research, the book explains the effects of regular exercise on all phases of your pregnancy, from preconception through the
postpartum period. Dr. Clapp's investigation did more than just cast doubt on many of the myths and controversies related to exercise during pregnancy; it revealed
important ways in which exercise can benefit both you and your baby. Those benefits include

• limited weight gain for you;
• reduced physical discomfort;
• more energy;
• a better ability to handle heat stress;
• improved placental growth and safety for your baby;
• easier, shorter, less complicated labor; and
• quick recovery.

Exercising Through Your Pregnancy addresses three groups of exercising women-the beginner, the recreational athlete, and the competitive athlete. In
easy-to-understand, nontechnical language, the book tells what happens to both you and your baby when you start, continue, or stop a regular exercise regimen
during the months you're trying to conceive and during the various stages of pregnancy and lactation.

Dr. Clapp also offers recommendations and guidelines for developing an exercise program that safely fulfills your individual needs during the different phases of your
pregnancy.