If you have been practicing
yoga and wish to continue during your pregnancy, good for you! Yoga can help you
prepare for the birth and show you toward a smooth delivery.
Throughout your pregnancy, the body is getting ready for you to give birth for your baby. The body produces a hormone called relaxin. It softens the ligaments and bones to create room for the baby. Avoid going further into poses than you're accustomed because relaxin may permit you to overstretch. An overstretched ligament is a serious and often painful injury and cannot heal easily.
Some twisting is ok if you modify the twist so you don’t compress your internal organs or even the uterus. Michelle Quigley Pearson teaches prenatal yoga with Yoga Momma in Phinney Ridge. She shows that you avoid twists “unless the twist is incorporated in the thoracic upper spine or open twists.” Michelle also says, “Pranayama is wonderful while pregnant. Breath helps to nourish baby and calm central nervous system, and when mom's body/mind feels good, baby feels safe. So, anything moms can perform to reset their own nervous systems throughout the day, by breathing or carrying out a restorative posture, helps to set baby's central nervous system to a standard that is more calm and healthy pregnancy, instead of an unsustainable constant stress. Avoid holding the breath, especially on exhale, because this can deprive the baby, and also you, of vital oxygen, and possibly affect baby’s central nervous system in a negative way."
As the belly gets bigger, you’ll wish to avoid lying on your stomach in addition to deep backbends that will stretch your belly. Your abdomen has already been stretching as the baby grows, so it's unnecessary to further this along. You'll most likely feel uncomfortable to lie in your stomach. Listen to your body.
It's not a good idea to raise your body temperature during pregnancy. Some practitioners and instructors disagree but many suggest avoiding hot yoga throughout your pregnancy.
On your third trimester, your doctor may suggest that you simply avoid lying on your back. All yoga postures could be modified, so you don’t have to lose out on restorative postures like svasana (corpse pose). The advantages of this pose are too immense to prevent it. Svasana can be done lying in your corner (preferably your left side since it helps your blood circulation). Use bolsters or blankets to assist support your back, belly, and legs.
Throughout your pregnancy, the body is getting ready for you to give birth for your baby. The body produces a hormone called relaxin. It softens the ligaments and bones to create room for the baby. Avoid going further into poses than you're accustomed because relaxin may permit you to overstretch. An overstretched ligament is a serious and often painful injury and cannot heal easily.
Some twisting is ok if you modify the twist so you don’t compress your internal organs or even the uterus. Michelle Quigley Pearson teaches prenatal yoga with Yoga Momma in Phinney Ridge. She shows that you avoid twists “unless the twist is incorporated in the thoracic upper spine or open twists.” Michelle also says, “Pranayama is wonderful while pregnant. Breath helps to nourish baby and calm central nervous system, and when mom's body/mind feels good, baby feels safe. So, anything moms can perform to reset their own nervous systems throughout the day, by breathing or carrying out a restorative posture, helps to set baby's central nervous system to a standard that is more calm and healthy pregnancy, instead of an unsustainable constant stress. Avoid holding the breath, especially on exhale, because this can deprive the baby, and also you, of vital oxygen, and possibly affect baby’s central nervous system in a negative way."
As the belly gets bigger, you’ll wish to avoid lying on your stomach in addition to deep backbends that will stretch your belly. Your abdomen has already been stretching as the baby grows, so it's unnecessary to further this along. You'll most likely feel uncomfortable to lie in your stomach. Listen to your body.
It's not a good idea to raise your body temperature during pregnancy. Some practitioners and instructors disagree but many suggest avoiding hot yoga throughout your pregnancy.
On your third trimester, your doctor may suggest that you simply avoid lying on your back. All yoga postures could be modified, so you don’t have to lose out on restorative postures like svasana (corpse pose). The advantages of this pose are too immense to prevent it. Svasana can be done lying in your corner (preferably your left side since it helps your blood circulation). Use bolsters or blankets to assist support your back, belly, and legs.
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