Table 1 Exercise advice provided to pregnant women as part of usual care, according to NICE guidelines [33]

At booking appointment (ideally by 10 weeks’ gestation), women should be provided with information regarding exercise, including pelvic floor exercises specifically:

• Pregnant women should be informed that beginning or continuing a moderate course of exercise during pregnancy is not associated with adverse outcomes

• Pregnant women should be informed of the potential dangers of certain activities during pregnancy, for example, contact sports, high-impact sports and vigorous racquet sports that may involve the risk of abdominal trauma, falls or excessive joint stress, and scuba diving, which may result in fetal birth defects and fetal decompression disease.