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Yoga Exercises for Pregnant Women
During pregnancy a woman’s body changes rapidly and this means that often we do not feel comfortable with ourselves. To this we must add that one runs more than normal, the pain caused by poor posture ….
So many yoga experts who advise the months prior to delivery. Her exercises help maintain good posture, to loosen the muscles and bones and helps us better understand our bodies and use our energy.
Pelvic Exercise
knees with palms on the floor at the height of the shoulders and legs spread in line with the hips. Head and neck in line with your back straight. Inhale and while exhaling, bend your head bringing the chin to the chest and arch your spine up, tightening the abdominal muscles, perineum and buttocks. Inhale back to the starting position. Exercise for arms Sitting with your back straight and legs bent, supporting plant floor, hold your arms to shoulder height, lift shrinking, bending elbows and down to shoulder height again . In this exercise can help weight underweight. Exercise for the legs laterally Lying on the floor and one leg bent, raise the other taking a deep breath when the foot arch, descending, contracting the abdominal muscles and breathe .
Yoga exercises for pregnant women
Yoga is one of the activities you can practice during pregnancy and the better you sit you and your baby. This ancient oriental therapy has significant benefits for your body during pregnancy.
Benefits for the Body: prenatal yoga classes keep your joints flexible and help you maintain flexibility. In addition, yoga strengthens the muscles, stimulates circulation, and helps you relax, because you can use the techniques practiced in class to stay calm and have a little more control during childbirth.
Is it safe? As your pregnancy progresses, avoid positions where you can lose your balance. In the second quarter, stay away from positions that require you to be lying on your back – because as the uterus gets heavier, you can put too much pressure on major veins thus decreasing blood flow to the heart.
Also, be careful not too overstretched. Pregnant women produce more relaxin, a hormone that increases flexibility and mobility of the joints, so it is important to know your limits in order to slow down when you stretch.
General Care of Pregnancy
Hygiene of the skin
Good skin cleansing is the best way to avoid or treat acne. Wash your face with a mild cleanser two or three times a day. Do not wash too often or the skin will dry, which compounds the problem.
Use a good facial cleanser (remember that the secretions of the glands of the skin are increased) Tips bath time is a good idea to take a relaxing immersion bath every night, using oil instead of soap, a few drops of coconut oil, almond or olive oil or essential oils such as cedar, camphor, pine or lanolin in the bath are revitalizing and improve your skin. Also a good idea to massage your entire body after bath oils or moisturizers especially in abdomen and breast. In the shower, you should use neutral soaps or gels. Bathing, preferably with hot water, is allowed up to six weeks before delivery. Since that time, the shower is better to avoid infections.
IMPORTANT: Do not take medicines for acne or counter treatments without checking with your health care professional. Some of these products can be dangerous for pregnant women. Accutane (also known as isotretinoin, Amnesteem and Claravis) is a prescription medication to treat severe acne. Belongs to the family of drugs called retinoids. Accutane and other retinoids can cause severe birth defects.
Sun Protection
The skin is more sensitive during pregnancy. It is important to adequately protect against the sun. The sun can darken pigment changes and enhance the propensity for “mask of pregnancy”. Use a good sunscreen, cover up and wear a hat when outside. Avoid being outdoors between 10 am and 2 pm. Read the rest of this entry »
Yoga for pregnant women
Yoga can be practiced at any time of life at any age.
Pregnancy is an ideal time to start yoga. Thanks to special yoga exercises for pregnant women and conscious breathing strengthens the body for childbirth and also helps to overcome stress. Our pregnancy yoga exercises sensitize the body awareness and breathing, help you live a time of profound changes in a conscious way and prepare for a good birth.
Breathing exercises, for example, join in a special way of voluntary and involuntary muscles of the abdomen of the expectant mother. She acquired through these exercises the body awareness and more control over the muscles that will be needed for delivery. Perform yoga during pregnancy helps women find itself in the position you’ll want to give birth.
Among the benefits of our yoga classes for pregnant women include: a greater awareness of posture, less discomfort and back pain and fatigue or decreased fatigue. After pregnancy, we must also think of our body. Certain yoga exercises we offer in our yoga classes for babies and moms help positively to rapid muscle tone after childbirth.
Skin changes during pregnancy
The glow of pregnant this is one of many skin changes you experience during pregnancy due to hormonal changes and the stretching of your skin so you can have the body of the baby inside you. Pregnant women experience an increase in the volume of blood to enable an additional amount of blood to the uterus to meet the metabolic needs of the fetus. There is also an increased supply of blood to the organs of your body, especially the kidneys. The more blood brings more blood to the blood vessels by increasing the secretion of fat by the sebaceous glands. Some women develop brown patches called chloasma or yellow or the “mask of pregnancy” on their faces. And some also develop a dark line right in the middle of the lower abdomen, known as the black line, as well as hyper-pigmentation (skin darkening) of the nipples, external genitalia, and anal region. These changes are caused by the hormones of pregnancy, causing the body to produce more pigment. The body can not produce this excess pigmentation evenly, thus including parts of the skin have darker patches of different shades. Unfortunately, chloasma can not be prevented, but apply sunscreen and avoid exposure to UV rays can reduce its effect. Read the rest of this entry »
Pregnancy after 40
Living a pregnancy after age 40, information
More and more often women who have children after 40. Personal and work circumstances make it difficult to consider other age motherhood. InEmbarazo10 speak of pregnancy after 40.
Delayed motherhood is a fact, and many are women who have children from thirty years ago when at the time of our mothers will have children with 25 or less. Achieve greater employment and economic stability is one of the reasons for delaying motherhood.At age 40 there are many women considering motherhood.
Motherhood after 40
At 40 you can live a great pregnancy but you have to consider things. From 35 onwards the women stay can cost more pregnant that you’re pregnant at age 20. If after more than five months to get pregnant you do not get better see your gynecologist to examine your case and help you stay embazada. Read the rest of this entry »
How will you be after pregnancy?
Know how your body changes with pregnancy and learns to warn you. Pregnancy can make you feel very happy because you’re having a baby, but also can make you feel worried about your figure.
How will you be after pregnancy? Watery, Full of stretch marks? Or how if nothing had happened? Know how your body changes during and after pregnancy for you warn and be as beautiful as before getting pregnant.
The parts that are sensitive to the pregnancy are the breasts and abdomen. You know what to do to keep fit? Learn.
A good bra : During pregnancy the breasts grow because they raise when they have greasers to make milk. As will be larger and heavier, you may feel like “hang”.
To prevent “hang” using bras with good support in the cups (that you feel you hold the breasts), the straps are wide and have several safety pin back. Avoid using those with lace, ruffles, embroidery and thick seams. Are best that are soft, smooth cotton.
If you can, get bras for pregnant women special. They have a fabric that stretches your breasts as they grow, they have good support and as an enabling brochecito breastfeed your child without having to undress. Read the rest of this entry »