Hereby elaboration is taking into consideration physical activity of pregnant women in various aspects. Undertaken issues, one after another, investigate the very factors that push women in different trimesters of pregnancy to physical activity. Factors of typical ailments, their genesis and the role of physical activity in relieving those ailments – are also discussed in this study. The role of a physician is also presented, as an initiator in the decision-making for pregnant women to activate themselves in terms of physical culture. Study presents the characteristics of most popular forms of physical activity, including factors that should be considered while selecting each of them by particular individuals.