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Early identification of abnormal heart rate and blood pressure is crucial to prevent maternal deaths from postpartum haemorrhage and maternal sepsis.
Even after giving birth, the body goes through many widespread changes.
Team sport provides postpartum mothers with opportunities to build community, enhance health and well-being, and counter the often unrealistic and self-sacrificing expectations of motherhood.
Mothers with young children are consistently identified as having lower levels of physical activity and leisure opportunities, which place their physical and mental health at risk.
Supporting mothers’ and infants’ sleep can decrease the stressors of motherhood, improve maternal mood and mental health and promote better infant development.
When asked about postpartum exercise, women were curious about strategies and recommendations for physical activity after the birth of a child, including finding the time, energy and motivation.
Women who are physically active in the postnatal period report better mental well-being than those who are less active, but the pandemic has made exercise less accessible.
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PhD Candidate, School of Human Kinetics, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor in Kinesiology, University of The Fraser Valley
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Professor of Sport Management & Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence, Brock University
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Professor, Political Science, Concordia University
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, University of The Fraser Valley
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Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Department of Sport Management, Brock University
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Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Victoria
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Research Fellow and Lecturer, Department of Physiology, University of Otago
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physiology, University of Otago
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Associate Professor in Physiology, University of Otago
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Professor Emeritus of Nursing, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
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Professor of Obstetrics at King’s College London and chair of the FIGO Preterm Birth Committee (2012-23)., King's College London
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Lecturer, University of Sierra Leone