Uvod: Trudnoća donosi mnogobrojne promjene na organizam žene, te se intenzitet promjena mijenja ovisno o razdoblju trudnoće u kojem se žena nalazi. Upravo fizioterapeut svojim intervencijama utječe na poboljšanje funkcije i olakšavanje tih promjena. Postupci: Prikupljeni su podaci iz medicinske literature, odnosno knjiga u tiskanom i elektronskom izdanju, te iz znanstveno-medicinskih baza podataka Scopus, PubMed/Medline na engleskom jeziku, te CROSBI i Hrčak za časopise na hrvatskom jeziku. Prikaz teme: Trudnoća utječe na promjenu respiratornog, kardiovaskularnog i mišićno-koštanog sustava, što može dovesti do pojave boli, pogoršanja funkcije, anksioznosti i depresije trudnice. Fizioterapeut pravilnom procjenom i fizioterapijskom intervencijom utječe na poboljšani ishod i tijek poroda primjenom individualizirane tjelovježbe, čime se utječe na tjelesnu težinu majke i postiže pozitivan učinak na kliničku sliku djeteta pri rođenju, te se sprječavaju neke moguće komplikacije u zdravlju djeteta. Zaključak: Za zdravlje majke i djeteta u trudnoći i pri porodu bitno je pravilnim fizioterapijskim intervencijama koje uključuju tjelesno vježbanje, procjenu muskulature i dijastaze, pravilnu prehranu i edukaciju, utjecati na kompletno psihofizičko zdravlje trudnice. Introduction: Pregnancy brings many changes to a woman's body. The intensity of changes depends on the period of pregnancy of a woman. It is the physiotherapist who influences the improvement of the function and facilitates these changes with his interventions. Procedure: Data from medical literature were collected. The literature includes a book in printed and electronic edition, as well as scientific and medical databases such as Scopus, PubMed/Medline in English and CROSBI and Hrčak in Croatian. Overview: Pregnancy affects the change of the respiratory, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal system, which can lead to pain, worsening of function, anxiety and depression of expecting mothers. The right treatment and proper intervention of the physical therapist can improve pregnancy and childbirth if personalized exercises are applied. That can affect women's body mass and it has a useful effect on the child's clinical reading at birth, and can also prevent likely complications in the child's health that can happen in the future. Conclusion: For the health of both mother and child, during pregnancy and in childbirth, it is important to affect the entire psychological and physical health of pregnant women with proper physiotherapeutic interventions that include physical exercise, proper nutrition and education.