Exercícios aquáticos na gestação: relatos de uma série de mulheres

Abstract

The aquatic exercises have been sought more and more by pregnant women and recommended by Obstetricians with the purpose of obtaining a better life quality during the period of pregnancy. With the objective of describing the pregnant women's experience that practice aquatic exercises during the pregnancy, a study observational was accomplished, traverse and prospective using a qualitative approach through a questionnaire with 58 pregnant that were practicing aquatic exercises there is at least two months. The study revealed that all the pregnant women interviewees possess positive experience as the practice of the aquatic exercises in the gestation.