Ever wonder how do your hips prepare for childbirth? Or how babies skulls are made to allow for squeezing thru small spaces at birth? Get ready to learn about how your body changes to get ready for delivery, exercises designed to get your hips ready for birthing, and the most common type of pregnant hip pain. Plus 4 natural ways to reduce hip pain during pregnancy!
Why am I so gassy while pregnant? If you've ever wondered this or why do pregnancy farts smell so bad? This Pregnancy Gas Blog is perfect for you to hear the real science behind cutting the cheese. Plus get tips on natural gas x for pregnancy, pregnancy safe laxatives, plus stool softeners that are safe in pregnancy to use in combination with your prenatal vitamin that will help your booty out.
Women who work out carry to term according to the University of Utah Health. It helps with labor, gives the mom better mental clarity, and promotes better prevention and management of urinary excretion (a big word for not having you pee yourself when you cough, sneeze, etc.) Exercise is great, so get out there ladies, or just put your headphones on and listen to this blog in a pregnancy podcast form called Pregnancy Pukeology Podcast.
YES! Health is the most important thing for us as humans and in order to maintain your body’s health you not only have to focus on your diet but exercise on a regular basis. The process of keeping yourself healthy cannot stop during pregnancy. Exercise plays a wonderful role in your baby growth and your fitness during pregnancy and improves your physical and mental well being.
It is very safe to continue exercises whatever you have done before in your life, however, don’t pick up something brand new for example if you are not a runner and you are pregnant you may not start running everyday or join a running club, or you are not a climber so you are not going to start it however you might swim because you have swum in your life and it's pretty safe for you to be in the pool or you might walk, run as you already run everyday, or might even hike. If you did cross fit, lifted weights at the gym, or any other extreme exercises note you can continue to do them BUT don't try anything new.
The main point of view is that you are only continuing what you were previously doing. Recommendations are that these women should do exercises for almost thirty minutes a day. They can have a brisk walk or mild to moderate-intensity aerobic exercises. Ladies who are used to vigorous exercise can continue with that even during pregnancy until and unless you have any associated medical condition or complication related to pregnancy that doesn't allow you to do so.
Pregnant people who do high-impact exercises or play contact sports may be putting too much pressure on the uterus. This can cause complications such as bleeding and preterm labor. When the core temperature of a person in the first trimester exceeds 102°F for more than 10 minutes, this is considered overheating.
Exercise means you need to work out for the large muscles of your body and intensity means that you need to do exercises till you sweat and your heart rate increases. Moderate-intensity exercises include a brisk walk and gardening. The duration of workout should be 30 minutes every day for at least 5 days a week or it can also be divided into smaller intervals of 10 minutes 3 times a day. However, if you are new to exercise, you need to increase the intensity of activities day by day from the beginning Initially 5 minutes per day and then increase it 5 minutes every week until you reach the level of 30 minutes per day.
In the first trimester, the basic idea is to develop healthy exercise habits slowly. The exact amount of exercise needed depends on your daily routine and activities before you were pregnant.
Following are the recommended exercises during the first trimester:
Interested in staying healthy during your pregnancy. Get active! I know it hard being that we are all quarantined due to Coronavirus but let's make good use of wonderful weather outside and virtual prenatal workouts. If you want real up-to-date information about being pregnant and delivering during this COVID-19 pandemic, just listen to Pregnancy Pukeology Podcast Episode 33, Coronavirus and Pregnancy.
If you ever need a two for one morning sickness and workout nausea relief wristband, turn to NoMo Nausea. It has peppermint essential oil infused acupressure that is clinically approved to stop 80% of pregnancy nausea or vomiting in just seconds. Definitely throw one on every time you want to workout, it will save a trip to the bathroom, if you know what I'm saying. So what kind of exercises should I be doing while pregnant?
This trending medical topic of diastasis recti by definition is the partial or complete separation of the rectus abdominis muscles that meet at the mid line of the stomach. Basically it is your 6-pack tearing apart, and is very common during and after pregnancy. Remember your beautiful baby is stretching your abs to make room for your growing uterus that houses the baby. Post-partum this gap between your right and left abdominal muscles can look like a rounded protruding belly pooch, think of a daily beer gut.
Most of the time, recti diastasis heals on its own in about 6 weeks to 3 months post-partum. Can you fix Diastasis Recti without surgery? YES! Here are a few exercises that will help to keep your muscles intact during pregnancy and build your muscle wall after.
1. Heel Taps: Lying flat on the floor with your back flat against the mat and both legs bent with flexed feet, then you simply tap each heel to the floor one at a time.
2. Pelvic Tilts: Heels on the floor with your back flat against the mat, raise your butt off the floor so your feet and shoulder blades are the only thing touching.
3. Lying Knee Pulls: With your back flat on the floor, extend one leg foot flexed while you grab the other one by the knee. Then switch legs.
4. Bent Toe Taps: Start in the same position as heel taps, then open your legs and try to drag your toes from out to in and then back up to the starting position.
5. Kick Outs: This one is by far the hardest, so work up to full extension. Start in the heel tap position with bent knees, then kick out your legs and fully extend them. Start high and then over time you will get stronger and will be able to go lower and lower.
6. Heel Slides: Keep your feet on the floor and then slide your heel out until your leg is straight and bring it back to the starting position. Then alternate the other side. To really kick this up a notch wear a slippery shirt and physically have your legs move your body and slide. I recommend putting a cardboard piece under your shoulder blades so you slide easy and your legs and abs are doing all the work.
Following exercise are safe for you to do during pregnancy:
However, if you are a runner, jogger, or sports player you can continue these activities, even during pregnancy with no fears. And just because you started getting sciatic during your last trimester doesn’t mean you need to quit, listen to Pregnancy Pukeology Podcast Episode 31 for 8 natural ways to stop sciatica back pain during pregnant. Remember, you are not at all allowed to do any of the exercises that can increase the risk of injury like skydiving, hot yoga, surfing, boxing, soccer, basketball, etc.
And post workout stretching and removing the lactic acid from your muscles is very important. Try 8sheep lotion before bed to really help massage your fatigued muscles. If you are massaging yourself always go from your feet to your head when rubbing your calves because you want to help get the blood flow back to your head. And there's nothing like a good prenatal massage. You may notice after removing the lactic acid, the soreness you feel after you workout, you might have to pee more because that's how it's excreted.
Pregnancy is known to bring a lot of strange symptoms to your body, thanks to hormonal changes that affect your skin as well. About 20% of pregnant women have pregnancy itch. While these changes are annoying, these skin condition go away after you give birth, Phew! Let’s take a look at what can cause itchiness during pregnancy. Is it normal to experience this? And when should you be worried?
Learn the science behind both the psychological and physiological factor causing you not to be able to sleep in any trimester by using studies of the early cave woman. Is there a tea that can really put you over the moon? Which spice in your cabinet puts you into deep sleep, and a few other natural remedies to give you your best night sleep.
When is my due date? This breaks down the 4 most common due date calculator methods using science and ovulation patterns. Not only the science of how to calculate when you will see your little baby but also how to check your date given by your doctor. Remember if you have done invitro-fertilization in order to get pregnant your calculations are different, and if you are wanting to have a baby we will go thru how you can tell when your ovulating. Did you know you smell, see, and act different when your fertile?
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There are 8000 taste buds on your tongue and over 100 receptors within each that are dedicated to group which of the 5 flavors is in your mouth. Then that signal is transmitted to the brainstem. Still curious? This is a must read blog on taste and with a taste bud blowing recipe to activate them all!
