Most pregnant women are old enough to take care of themselves, do not work hard, when it comes to exercise, it is even worse because they have to do stretching exercises, lifting the body, raising the arms and legs. But in terms of medical rules, exercise with moderate gestures, especially yoga, is beneficial for women both during pregnancy and after childbirth.
1. Benefits of Practicing Yoga During Pregnancy
Exercise during pregnancy is not for good health, but for the health of both mother and baby, as well as other benefits. For those of us who are pregnant but have never practiced, we need to start practicing the first type of yoga, which is similar to sitting in meditation, just that it involves light stretching of the body without affecting the abdomen.
The benefits of practicing yoga during pregnancy are:
- Facilitate blood circulation, heart, lungs
- Calm down
- Reduce fatigue, frustration, miscarriage.
- Reduce back pain.
- Relieves leg pain
Help pelvic floor muscles make childbirth easier.
2. Benefits of Postpartum Yoga
Women who have had a caesarean section can exercise until the wound heals, waiting up to six weeks after giving birth. Women who give birth naturally can exercise after discharge from the hospital, whether it is yoga or anything else, the benefits are very different from during pregnancy.
- Help lose weight
- Make the body return to normal soon.
- Reduce stress
- Reduce back pain.
3. Things to do and avoid when exercising
Because women's health conditions during pregnancy and after childbirth are different from normal people, so when exercising or yoga must be a little more careful to avoid health problems.
Things to do:
- Wear loose or elastic clothing
- Choose the right type of sports shoes when exercising
- Exercise on a flat surface to prevent accidents
Eat enough calories at least 1 hour before exercise
Drink plenty of water before, during and after exercise.
After exercising directly on the floor, when getting up, get up slowly to avoid dizziness.
Things to avoid:
Waist rotation movement when standing
Avoid fast-moving activities, jump up and down
Do not exercise in hot or humid weather.
Do not try to hold your breath to exercise for longer or longer.
- Do not exercise when tired
- Avoid activities that can easily make us fall.
- Jumping activity up and down.