Kegel Exercises And Pregnancy

Prenatal

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By Anjana Ns

Saturday, November 12, 2011, 16:16

Out of all the exercises suggested for pregnant women to ease childbirth, the kegel exercises are the most preferred. Kegel is a 'not much pain' but 'good gain' workout type as it mainly targets the pelvic muscles which need to get flexible to painless baby delivery.

It is our duty to give you good information about the exercise. Dr Arthur Kegel invented the form of a workout in 1940s to strengthen the highly strained body parts during pregnancy. These include bladder, urethra, uterus, rectum and pelvic area.

During the postpartum period, doing kegel exercises can cure episiotomy and help you tone your stretched vaginal muscles post pregnancy thus preparing you for future intercourse. And not just that, they help you reach orgasm even better, reduce haemorrhoids and increase blood flow in the genital and the rectal area.

Pregnancy Exercise: Instructions For Kegel

To help you have a painless baby delivery and help you prepare for future pregnancy, here are some instructions that you need to strictly follow.

Kegel Exercise 1: Contraction and relaxation of muscles while passing urine is the basic kegel. When try suddenly try to stop the flow of urine for a count of three, you will realise the pelvic contraction.

Exercise 2: The contraction can also be felt when you are still in bed in the morning or before you go back in the night. Controlling urine and contracting the area will decrease the urine loss as well as ease as make your stress bearing region more flexible.

Exercise 3: Inserting your finger into vagina and holding tight against for a few seconds (until you feel the pelvic muscles contract) and release it after 10 seconds will gradually help you have easy childbirth.