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What effect does exercise have on the body while pregnant? A new Auckland study needs 200 recruits to help find out. The AUT study will look how pregnancy changes the body, and how much exercise is safe to do during pregnancy with the ultimate aim of helping make pregnancy safer for mother and baby.
The project is called Te Kukunetanga Physical Evolution through Pregnancy - and while it had good numbers around the middle of last year, Auckland's long lockdown meant those mothers have now had their babies so the team is looking for more people to take part. Kathryn speaks with bio-mechanic lead on the project,
Dr Hannah Wyatt, and Sabina Just, who's been a midwife for 25 years and is now doing a PhD. Women interested in participating in the study can click here.