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Warning Signs When Exercising

Warning Signs to Stop Exercising and Call Your Doctor

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

Source: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Obstetrics & Gynecology, volume 99, number 1, January 2002, pages 171-173.

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