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Exercise Warning Signs

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Check with your health care provider if you experience any of the following warning signs during exercise:

  • Vaginal bleeding
  • Unusual pain
  • Dizziness or lightheadedness
  • Unusual shortness of breath
  • Racing heartbeat or chest pain
  • Fluid leaking from your vagina
  • Uterine contractions
  • Muscle cramps
  • Stop if you feel tired, too hot, cramped, light headed, or dizzy.

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Last Updated: 06/2011

Compiled using information from the following sources:

Planning Your Pregnancy and Birth Third Ed. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Ch. 5.

American Academy of Family Physicians, http://familydoctor.org/