Exercise during Pregnancy
Written by: The Pregnancy Center
There is no doubt about it, pregnancy is physically demanding! Regular exercise is an essential way of helping your body cope with the increased demands on your joints, muscles, heart, circulation, and lungs.Benefits of Exercise in Pregnancyo Regular exercise can help reduce back pain, improve or maintain muscle tone, reduce leg cramps, swelling and constipation and improve sleep patterns. Women who exercise regularly often feel bett...
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About food during and after pregnancy
Written by: The Pregnancy Center
High energy snacks for during and after pregnancy Your appetite may be increased during pregnancy, due to the increased demand for nutrients by your growing baby. Good quality food is important at this time, often easy to prepare food is preferable due to time constraints, and feeling sick which affects some women’s ability to cook.After the birth, your energy requirements can still be increased, particularly if you ...
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Labour and Life
Written by: The Pregnancy Center
Labour is a challenging process when thinking about it, talking about it, preparing for it and going through it. Labour is called labour because it is considered hard work. There are many takes on what hard work is though, and every single woman will have their own measure of what hard work is for them, hence for each woman, labour will mean something different.
When I was sitting for a moment, reflecting on what to write in this ...
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A Wise Mother's Story
Written by: Mary O'Dwyer
When my daughter left home for university I started writing a life-guide book to help her avoid some of the pitfalls of teenage years. Unfortunately it was neglected and never completed! Several years ago when she started talking about having a baby, I decided to write a book and share some of my women’s health physiotherapy and mother’s wisdom with her. So my lovely daughter Lizzy was the initial impetus for writing my l...
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Pelvic Rocking
Written by: The Pregnancy Center
Pelvic rocking is used by women in labour to help them focus during contractions and it can assist with moving the baby down the birth canal. Some women find this quite a natural thing to do, timing their breathing with their rocking, to give them a focus. Other women will practise this as a choice of another ‘toolbox’ tip for taking into labour.
Pelvic rocking can be used in upright positions, for example leaning on a b...
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