Benefits of Water During Pregnancy (Pools, Hot Tubs, Baths, and Float Tanks)

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.5 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

If you enjoy the water, you don't have to give it up when you are pregnant. Enjoying the water can be a great workout, relaxing, and even therapeutic. Along with the benefits, there are also risks you need to be mindful of to keep you and your baby safe. This episode examines the evidence on the benefits and risks of enjoying the water during pregnancy including swimming, pools, hot tubs, baths, and float spas.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:07.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In today's episode, we're talking about being in the water during pregnancy.
0:18.0	And if you enjoy the water, you don't have to give it up when you're pregnant.
0:23.0	Enjoying time in a pool or the ocean or any body of water can be a great workout,
0:28.0	it can be relaxing, and even be therapeutic.
0:32.0	Along with some of the benefits though,
0:34.1	there are also risks that you need to be mindful of
0:37.1	to keep you and your baby safe.
0:39.5	So in today's episode, we're
0:41.0	going to examine the evidence on the benefits and risks of
0:43.8	enjoying the water during pregnancy. We're going to talk about swimming, swimming
0:48.3	pools, the chemicals in them, hot tubs, baths, and float spas. You can find the complete article and all of the resources
0:56.5	for this episode at pregnancy podcast.com slash water.
1:03.0	Right now you can get a free copy of the Your Birth Plan book and try pregnancy
1:07.7	podcast premium for free for seven days.
1:11.3	There are over 200 episodes that are exclusively available to
1:15.2	premium members. Those are in the private podcast feed that premium members can
1:19.9	access in their favorite podcast app. All of the premium content is ad free,
1:25.3	plus you're going to get instant access to a digital copy of the Your
1:29.6	Birth Plan book. This book walks you step by step on how to create the birth experience that you want.
1:36.0	There are sample plans, even a master template you can download and customize.
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