Support your core + pelvic floor during pregnancy
5 top tips to support your core and pelvic floor during pregnancy
Breathing with movement is super important in pregnancy to maintain an ideal intra-abdominal pressure. If these pressures aren’t ideal it can lead to dysfunction such as pelvic floor symptoms & doming. Crunching type movements can begin to come uncomfortable due to changes in your abdominal cavity and growing baby!
Lastly, if you are unsure how to engage and relax your pelvic floor see a professional who specialises in this area. Women’s health exercise physiologists can teach you how to use your pelvic floor and women's health physiotherapist can go that next step further to assess your ability and prescribe exercises accordingly.
Exhale on ‘exertion’, inhale on ‘relaxation’
NO breath holding when exercising or lifting
Watch for ‘doming of your belly
Avoid crunching type movements when you begin showing
Learn how to properly contract AND relax the pelvic floor