Physical activity

Pregnancy

• Keeping active during pregnancy is good for you and your baby
• Aim for 150 minutes of physical activity each week
• If you are not usually active, build up gradually and listen to your body
• If you are already active, try to keep going during pregnancy, but do what feels comfortable for your body.
• Avoid high-impact activities and bumping your bump
• Try to exercise your pelvic floor muscles every day

From birth

• Encourage physical activity from birth
• Be active with your child
• Try a range of activities - explore the outdoors, swimming, walking to the shops, playing with toys, helping to prepare a meal
• Limit sedentary time, including time spent sat in a pushchair or sat in front of the TV
• Be active when travelling - walking or scooting as much as possible to avoid getting in the car
• Continue to exercise your pelvic floor muscles every day

• Active Wiltshire
• Leisure Centres - activities range between Leisure Centres; free swimming for under 16's in school holidays, pre-school gymnastics, swim school
• For physical activity support during pregnancy: Bloom (Trowbridge and Chippenham Birth centres) call 01249 456539; PIMS (Salisbury Hospital) call: 07917 073470
• For physical activity support for non-pregnant adults see Health Improvement Coaches web page

• NHS Start4Life: Exercising in pregnancy
• Start4Life physical activity
• Tommy's guide to keeping active during pregnancy
• NHS Choices
• Physical activity guidelines: infographics - includes infographics for pregnant people, children 0-5, for women and birth people from birth to 12 months 

• NCMP reception data (children aged 4-5 years old) - 21.3% of reception aged children are carrying excess weight in Wiltshire
• 1 in 10 children aged 2-4 years old regularly meet the Chief Medical Officer's physical activity guidelines of 180 minutes a day nationally