Update: Giveaway: Preggi Bellies DVD — the exercise DVD you will fall in love with
The winners of the giveaway are Amy B., Kami, Heather, Shannon and A Horman.
Click the extended post to read all the questions readers submitted, in order to enter, as well as the answers to the questions from Preggi Bellies.
Preggi Bellies is the new Australian company producing an exercise program internationally for pregnant women. The Preggi Bellies – Training for Two DVD is available online at Preggi Bellies. Designed by physiotherapists in Australia to help women with correct exercise during pregnancy, the Preggi Bellies DVD and ball set ($AUS130 + p/h — $AUS45 for just the DVD) allows you to complete the class in the comfort of your own home. However, classes also provide women with a support system where they meet other women in the same situation as them and build lasting friendships. The highly trained instructors are also available to discuss with them any issues they may have. Celebrities who have received the Preggi Bellies DVD include Christina Aguilera and Marcia Cross.
Preggi Bellies has received international acclaim with not only regular moms and celebrities recommending the company but also doctors:
"Regular exercise in pregnancy promotes a feeling of wellbeing, enables women to manage their labour more effectively and encourages a speedy postnatal recovery. I recommend Preggi Bellies to my patients as they provide an ideal way to enjoy exercise during pregnancy." — Dr Tim Sturrock, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Brighton Melbourne.
Women with any questions can log onto the website and click on the country of their choice — should they not yet run in your country, please click on Australia to be put through to our international head office where they will be able to answer all questions.
Exclusively for CBB readers: Together with Preggi Bellies we are giving away 5 DVD and exercise ball packs. Preggi Bellies are going to bust the myths or answer any questions you may also have relating to pregnancy and exercise. In order to be eligible to win, leave your question in a comment below, along with your real email address. An example of a myth buster and how questions will be answered is as follows:
MYTH: Women who exercise will have small babies.
FACT: Women who exercise have leaner babies with less body fat.
RESEARCH: A lot of hype in the media recently has made claims that women who exercise have smaller babies. Is a bigger baby is better if it only has more fat? In addition babies born of women who exercise do not differ in their organ size or bone lengths. Studies of the babies (born to women who exercised during their pregnancies) at 1 and five years of age showed at one year of age exercisers babies scored higher on standardised intelligence tests than children of mothers who did not exercise. Their mental and physical performance scored higher as well. At age five children of exercises were less fat and scored much higher on tests of general intelligence and oral language skills than the children born to non-exercisers. Further studies have shown that children born to exercising mothers are less likely to be obese.
Entries close Friday, 28th September at 11.59PM. Winners and answers will be published the following week.
