A Treatise on the Diseases and Physical Education of Children (Classic Reprint)
Description:... Excerpt from A Treatise on the Diseases and Physical Education of Children The exercise which it may be proper to use during pregnancy, must of course, vary according to the period of gestation; and the particular condition of the female in relation to constitutional vigour, predisposition to abortion, and other affections, previous habit, and temperament. All kinds of agitating exercise, such as riding in carriages with rapidity over rough roads, dancing, lifting, or carrying heavy loads, in short, all masculine and fatiguing employments whatever, ought to be avoided by pregnant women. The propriety of avoiding agitating and fatiguing exercise, in creases in proportion as gestation approaches the term of its regular completion. During the eighth or ninth month of preg nancy, unusual corporeal exertion or fatigue, is particularly apt to excite premature labour; and where this accident has once taken place the necessity of observing proper caution in this respect, in subsequent pregnancies, is peculiarly urgent. In all instances, where a predisposition exists to abortion at any particular period, it is scarcely possible to prevent its occurrence, unless the utmost degree of care is taken, to avoid exciting or fatiguing exercise, about the time when this accident is apt to take place.
In weak, excitable, and nervous females, and in such as are of an unusually plethoric and irritable habit of body, it is particularly proper to observe suitable precautions, in relation to exercise and corporeal exertion. It is to be observed, however, that if injury is apt to result from too much exercise and agitation of the body, there is reason also for apprehending injurious consequences from too much indolence and inactivity. Moderate and gentle exercise is generally decidedly salutary during gestation, and should not be neglected unless some particular reason exists for maintaining a state of rest and bodily composure. Riding, in an easy carriage, on even roads, or moderate walking, may be enjoyed with great pro priety, and usually with obvious advantage during gestation.
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