Fit and Pregnant: The Pregnant Woman's Guide to Exercise

By Brand : Joan Marie Butler

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Fit and Pregnant The Pregnant Woman's Guide To Exercise Learn how you can continue to safely exercise before, during, and after your pregnancy. Hear from women like yourself -- how they maintained their fitness during pregnancy and how they stayed fit after the baby. Joan Marie Butler is an experienced nurse-midwife, nurse practitioner, a mother, and a nationally-ranked Masters athlete. She lives in Syracuse, New York. "Drawing upon personal experience, the experiences of other active women, and medical research, Joan Butler has brought together in one volume, a "how to" approach to physical fitness during pregnancy. Fit and Pregnant will be a valuable asset to any woman who wishes to remain fit during pregnancy and after." JAMES CAHILL MD, FACOG "I strongly recommend this book to anyone contemplating pregnancy or who is pregnant and concerned about safely maintaining their fitness during this special period." GENIE ROTUNDO, RN, FACCE Childbirth Educator "An intelligent, fun, inspiring and easy-to-read guide to maintaining fitness in pregnancy a must read!" CHERYL HUNT, RN "Joan Butler's writing is like her patient care ... excellent!" PATRICK DORR, MD, FACOG

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Joan Butler is not only an experienced nurse-midwife and nurse practitioner but a nationally-ranked Masters athlete -- and mother of a FIVE-year old. She incorporates her own experience and research with the stories of others from across the country. She says, \" I wanted readers to hear from women like themselves -- how they maintained their fitness during pregnancy and how they stayed fit after the baby.\"