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Yoga to help position your baby by Sue Fuller
Gentle yoga postures can be extremely beneficial during pregnancy. In addition to improving general feelings of wellbeing, enhancing relaxation and helping to develop a bond between mother and baby they can also help position the baby in the womb. As pregnancy progresses the baby grows and takes up more space inside the body, this can…
Top 10 tips for antenatal exercise
Caroline Sandry is a Pilates teacher and writer, with 10 fitness DVDs. She shares with us her Top 10 tips for antenatal exercise for mums-to-be, with advice to listen to their bodies and to take exercise by walking or pilates. Caroline will be introducing her ‘Optimum’ workshop at The Vitality Show to help Mums combine…
Keeping fit, fabulous and full of energy during pregnancy
Many pregnant women think that pregnancy can be a time full of fatigue and lethargy and some will be able to relate to feeling tired and lacking energy throughout their pregnancy. However, there are ways of increasing energy levels during pregnancy by keeping active, getting enough sleep, staying hydrated and topping up iron levels. Remaining…
Gentle Yoga to enhance your pregnancy
Being pregnant is a magical time loaded with many changes both physically and emotionally. A simple yoga practice can provide some useful tools to enhance your pregnancy and help you remain balanced, enabling you to accept and adapt to any physical and emotional changes you encounter during this time. It is important to mention here…
Pregnancy Yoga with Yoga West
I know it’s not a fashionable thing to say, but one of the things that alarmed me about getting pregnant was the prospect of getting fat. My older sister put on FOUR stone when she was pregnant with her first baby. What if the same thing happened to me? I’d practiced yoga for years but…
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Exercise during pregnancy
Keeping fit during pregnancy helps your body to stay toned, increases your stamina during labour and means you’re more likely to keep the pounds off after the birth. Below, we look at what’s safe during pregnancy and what’s best for you… Ever wondered how so many celebrities manage to stay so trim during their pregnancy and then seem…
Unsafe pregnancy exercise
Pregnancy changes your body in many ways. Some of these changes can affect the way you exercise. Throughout pregnancy, the hormone progesterone causes many of your ligaments and joints to soften and loosen in preparation for labour. Joint injuries and ligament damage may therefore result from pregnancy exercise that involves jerking actions and sudden movement, for example tennis, squash…
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Swimming before birth
Swimming when pregnant – it’s great for your figure, it’s safe and best of all it’s fun! Sam Pope spoke to midwife and aquanatal teacher, Sue Tunnacliffe, about the wonders of water for pregnant women. A bunch of pregnant women bobbing about in water? Aquanatal classes are a safe form of exercise that most pregnant women can undertake…
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Obesity in pregnancy
Six months pregnant Jenny Wright recently caused controversy whilst out jogging in her local park. Critics claimed that such strenuous exercise is selfish and reckless and accused her of putting her vanity before her unborn child. But Jenny, the wife of a fitness instructor, argued that at least 30 minutes of brisk exercise a day…
Question: Back surgery and labour
Q: “I had surgery on my back a few years ago. I am now 30 weeks pregnant, with constant lower back pain. I have learnt to live with this, but I am terrified of labour. Will it damage my back further – and will I be able to cope with the pain in labour? (Please don’t…
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