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Pregnant women have a very good reason to give up the housework
New research suggests that boring repetitive tasks like housework are likely to increase your chances of giving birth prematurely.
The study, published in the journal Perinatal Epidemiology, found that "boring" work increased the chances of giving birth at least three weeks early by up to 25 per cent.
Researchers discovered that exercise was good for the mother and her unborn child but they were unable to say why menial tasks increase levels of stress hormones involved in causing labour, according to the Daily Mail.
Hajo Wildschut, of Erasmus University in Rotterdam, said: "Pregnancy is not a disease. In fact, most women who are pregnant are healthy and most of them are being delivered of perfectly healthy babies.
"Women who are healthy and do not have pregnancy complications should not restrict their activities in order to achieve a better pregnancy outcome"
"They may safely continue their normal daily physical activities, including strenuous activities like jogging, squash and weight training even until late in pregnancy."
Patrick O'Brien, a consultant obstetrician, said: "Exercise is good in pregnancy, it keeps you aerobically fit, it keeps your weight under control, it probably reduces the chances of difficulties and it makes it easier to deal with the birth and afterwards."
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