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top athletes, scientists, experts, and more. Learn what the best in the world are doing to perform at

their peak and what we all can learn to unlock our own best performance. I'm your host,

Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Whoop, where we are on a mission to unlock

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Will. That's W ILL. Okay, on this week's episode, we're taking an in-depth look at

pregnancy. The fearless Kristen Holmes and Emily Capitaluppa returned for a discussion

with Dr. Sean Rowan from West Virginia University about a first of its kind study with Woop. This study

followed women throughout the course of their pregnancy to understand the physiological impact

of pregnancy and exercise. The research revealed

that participants experienced an increase in resting heart rate and a decrease in heart rate

variability for much of their pregnancies, but saw a bounce back in those metrics in the weeks

before birth. Pretty fascinating.

Kristen Emily and Dr. Rowan also discuss the common misconceptions about what you can and can't do

while you're pregnant, why exercise often leads to better outcomes while you're pregnant,

including better physiological data, what postpartum looks like on

whoop and how the participants showed an increase in HRV compared to before pregnancy.

The role wearables, and particularly whoop can play in health monitoring during pregnancy,

and some of the challenges in studying pregnancy and how that has led to a lack of research on the matter.

Women's health and performance is a major initiative for us at WOOP. That's why we're excited to be

launching in-app teams for expectant mothers. Moms to be can connect with other WOOP members

who have due dates in the same month to share their experiences,

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