Sauna and Heat Exercise Safe in Pregnancy New Study Reveals | Exercise in pregnancy, sauna and hot water safe

Pregnancy myths vs facts: Everyone gives their advice to women during pregnancy. Some say do not go much, someone says stay a cold place and someone advises to avoid hot water. Many pregnant women also avoid sauna bath and exercise due to misunderstanding. Most people believe that these activities can cause harm to the unborn child. Now the question is, is it really so? The recent research of scientists has revealed a big revelation about all these things. All pregnant women must know these things.

This research has been done by scientists from the University of Sydney, Australia. It has been published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Research says that if pregnant women are cautious, they can exercise in hot weather, take a spa or sauna bath. There is no danger to the child in the stomach due to all these activities. In this research, 12 separate studies were done on 347 pregnant women. It was seen how women react to when they exercise in summer or take a sauna bath.

The lead author professor of this research, Oli J, says that many women avoid exercise due to heat, because they are afraid that the child may not be harmed. However, nothing has been found in research that proves that there is any harm by taking exercise or sauna bath done in summer. Pregnant women can exercise 25 ° C and 45 percent of Humidity for about 35 minutes and do not have any negative effect on the child.

Similarly, pregnant women in water with temperatures below 33.4 ° C can do activities like swimming or aqua aerobics. She can stay in water for 45 minutes. It is also completely safe. Apart from this, research also revealed that pregnant women can sit in a hot water tub of 40 ° C or in a 70 ° C sauna bath, where moisture is only 15 percent, can sit for 20 minutes.