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This report from the Active Pregnancy Foundation shows that pregnancy in itself is a barrier to women’s engagement in physical activities during the childbearing years and highlight barriers and critical insights into the challenges faced by women in maintaining an active lifestyle during this period.
The report make several recommendation such as a need for tailored support to help women integrate physical activity at their own pace, as well as creating supportive environments with necessary resources and accessible information on safe physical activity practices.
It also calls for reliable, evidence-based online resources to boost women's confidence in engaging in physical activities throughout motherhood and highlights the importance of having knowledgeable healthcare and fitness
professionals.