Heggard states that women who practiced
more than one type of sports or leisure time
physical activity had 24% of reduced risk of
preterm delivery, which compared with women
with no sports activity.12 It must be noted that
before asking a group to perform antenatal
exercise on the floor, the correct way of getting
down and up again must be demonstrated sidelying
in the coma position with pillows under arm
and knee is usually comfortable position in
pregnancy. The pregnant mothers should get up
from lying by bending the knees, rolling on to one
side then using the arms to push up into a sitting
or kneeling position to prevent strains on both the
back and the abdominal muscles. Muscles of good
tone are more elastic and will regain their former
length more efficiently and more quickly after
being stretched than muscles of poor tone.
Exercising the abdominal muscles antenatally will
ensure a speed to normal postnatally, effective
pushing in labour, and the lessening of back ache
in pregnancy