May 18, 2014

Building a Global Team of Teachers for Healthy Pregnancy, Birth & Baby

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Danc­ing Thru Preg­nancy®, Inc.

Women’s Health & Fit­ness Pro­grams
found­ed 1979
MISSION STATEMENT
Many impor­tant health issues for girls and women involve mat­ters of repro­duc­tive
health, child­bear­ing, fer­til­ity and aging. Research informs us that an active, healthy
lifestyle pro­vides a num­ber of ben­e­fits through­out a woman’s life span:

• reduced dis­com­forts from preg­nancy, labor, birth, recov­ery & menopause
• reduced risk of hyper­ten­sive dis­or­ders of preg­nancy and pre­ma­ture birth
• poten­tially short­er active labor and reduced risk of cesare­an deliv­ery
• more rapid return to joy­ful activ­i­ties, less excess weight fol­low­ing birth
• moth­er-infant inter­ac­tion, lead­ing to infant psy­chomo­tor enhance­ment
• reduced rates of obe­sity, car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­ease, and type 2 dia­betes
• reduc­tion of some can­cers, osteo­poro­sis, falls and loss of mus­cle mass
• improved social sup­port, net­work­ing and stress man­age­ment skills
• greater belief in one’s abil­ity to be strong and capa­ble (self-effi­ca­cy)