AFPA Prenatal/Postnatal Fitness Specialist Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Exercise decreases risk of developing pre-eclampsia by __% - Correct Answers ✅40% What takes place physiologically during exercise to decrease risk of pre-eclampsia? - Correct Answers ✅Lowers blood pressure Improves cardiovascular fitness Decreases oxidative stress Prevents dysfunction in blood vessel walls How much does the woman's heart rate increase by in first trimester? - Correct Answers ✅10-20 bpm What causes the increase in heart rate during first trimester?
- Correct Answers ✅Hormonal changes that dilate blood
vessels which drops blood pressure - body must work harder to circulate blood and oxygen Heart at rest must work __% harder in second trimester - Correct Answers ✅40% harder As pregnancy progresses, how does heart rate change? - Correct Answers ✅Body adapts, heart rate returns to pre pregnancy levels 1 / 2
AFPA Prenatal/Postnatal Fitness Specialist Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Does growth of belly tighten pelvic floor muscles? - Correct Answers ✅Not with proper posture. Pelvis neutral. Ribs stacked over pelvis.How does posterior pelvic tilt effect pelvic floor? - Correct Answers ✅Shortens and tightens pelvic floor How should women stand in pregnancy? - Correct Answers ✅Feet pelvis width apart - optimal alignment Postural issues in pregnancy can cause - Correct Answers ✅Shortening and tightening of pelvic floor Reduce space in pelvis Move pelvic floor out of optimal alignment with diaphragm Is strength and endurance training continued in third trimester? - Correct Answers ✅Yes, intensity is reduced to allow more time for release work, stretching, and visualization and to save energy for labor and delivery Why should the feet should be parallel and knees pointing forward during squatting - Correct Answers ✅Most space between sit bones - optimal birth position
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