que a atividade fisica durante a gestacao pode trazer diversos beneficios para o feto como:- Menor risco de nascer macrossomico;- Maior tolerancia para as tensoes fisiologicas na gravidez tardia;- Maior tolerancia ao trabalho de parto;- Melhor tolerancia ao estresse;- Melhor desenvolvimento neurologico;- Menor peso ao nascer (saudavel);- Menor risco de prematuridade;- Recem-nascidos mais alertas e menos irritados;- Maiores chaces de serem magros, mais inteligentes e com melhor funcao cardiovascular, motora e metabolica quando criancas.Os beneficios maternos incluem:- Melhora da funcao cardiovascular;- Melhora do estado psicologico;- Ajuda no controle do peso corporal;- Contribui para uma recuperacao pos-parto mais rapida;- 30% mais chances de voltarem ao peso pre-gravidez;- Diminui os riscos de parto prematuro e cesariano;- Diminui as dores e os sangramentos intensos;- Previne lesoes musculo-esqueleticas;- Ajuda no controle da bexiga.Referencias BibliograficasAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologogists. Technical Bulletin: Exercise during Pregnancy and the Postnatal Period. Washington (DC): ACOG. 1985.Bell RJ, Palma SM, Lumley JM. The effect of vigorous exercise during pregnancy on birth weight. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 35 (1): 46-51. 1995.Bishop KR, Dougherty M, Mooney R, Gimotty P, Williams B. Effects of age, parity, and adherence on pelvic muscle response to exercise. Am J obstetricians gynecologists Neonatal Nurse. (21): 401-6.1992.Bungum TJ, Peas Lee DL, Jackson AW, Perez MA. Exercise during pregnancy and type of delivery in nulliparae. J obstetricians gynecologists Neonatal Nurse. 29:258-64. 2000.Clapp JF 3rd, Little KD. Effect of recreational exercise on pregnancy weight gain and subcutaneous fat deposition. Med Sci Sports Exerc 27:170-7.1995.Clapp JF, Lopez B, Harcar-Sevcik R. The neonatal behavioral profile of the offspring of women who continued to exercise regularly throughout pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. (180):91. 1999.Clapp JF. Exercise during pregnancy. A clinical update. Clinics in Sports Medicine. 19(2). 2000.Clapp JF: Exercise during pregnancy. In Bar-Or 0, Lamb D, Clarkson P. Perspectives in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine: Exercise and the Female: A Life Span Approach. Carmel, IN, Cooper Publishing Group. p 413. 1996.Dumith, Samuel C, Domingues, Marlos R, Mendoza-Sassi, Raul A, Cesar, Juraci A. Atividade fisica durante a gestacao e associacao com indicadores de saude materno-infantil. Rev. Saude Publica. 46(2): 327-333. 2012.Hatch M, Levin B, Shu XO, Susser M. Maternal leisure-time exercise and timely delivery. Am J Public Health. 88 (15): 28-33. 1998.Kardel KR, Kase T. Training in pregnant women. Effects on fetal development and birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 178 (2): 280-6. 1998.Lawn JE, Gravett MG, Nunes TM, Rubens CE, Stanton C. Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (1 of 7): definitions, description of the burden and opportunities to improve data. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 10 (Suppl 1):1. 2010.Lokey EA, Tran ZV, Wells CV, et al. Effect of physical exercise on pregnancy outcomes: A meta-analytic review. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 23:1234. 1991.Misra DP, Strobino DM, Stashinko EE, Nagey DA, et al. Effects of physical activity on preterm birth. Am J Epidemiol. 147:628-35. 1998.Nathanielsz PW. Life in the womb-the origin of health and disease. Ithica, NY, Promethean Press. 363. 1999.Webb KA, Wolfe LA, McGrath MJ. Effects of acute and chronic maternal exercise on fetal heart rate. J Appl Physiol. 77(5):2207-13. 1994.