Preparing Your Pelvic Floor for Birth...
Written by: The Pregnancy Center
Your pelvic floor group of muscles are carrying some of the extra load of pregnancy and although you may have heard about pelvic floor exercises, do you know for sure that you are doing the exercises correctly?
Or have you not started yet, due to ....not knowing their importance, .....not having time, .....being unsure that you are working the muscles correctly?
There are many reasons women over the years haven’t done...
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5 Reasons You Should Be Cooking With ...
Written by: The Pregnancy Center
Parents take pride and pleasure in feeding their kids well. That is fine and all, but what they overlook is that cooking does not have to be a predominantly adult domain. If anything, the kitchen can be an amazing classroom, a playful backdrop for learning...
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Why Pregnant Women Can't Sleep
Written by: Sara Westgreen
The Link Between Pregnancy and Sleep
Pregnant women often receive sleep advice, and although this advice is typically about how to sleep after the baby is born, the fact is many pregnant women need sleep help long before the birth. Fatigue is a hallmark of pregnancy, and 78 percent of women report more disturbed sleep while they're pregnant.
Hormones, anxiety, and body changes can complicate sleep while you...
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Five Things That You May Not Know Abo...
Written by: Taryn Watson, Physiotherapist
We all know that we have a pelvic floor, we know that it’s important to keep it in tip-top shape to prevent embarrassing little mishaps, and we know that in order to keep it working we need to do some exercises called ‘Kegels’, right? Well, here are five facts about the pelvic floor muscles that Women’s Health & Continence Physiotherapists want you to know about…
Pelvic ...
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6 Home DIY Massage Tips for Moms-To-B...
Written by: Dr Clarence Ho
As a woman’s pregnancy progresses, there are marked changes in the individual muscles in the body leading to the characteristic gait or pregnancy stance as the stomach moves out and the shoulders lean back. The woman’s joints become more mobile as the body adapts to the growing child. An important fact to remember before proceeding with any form of massage.
Pregnancy massage strokes and stretches need to be perfor...
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