Yoga is quickly becoming a popular activity amongst expectant mothers. The gentle movements and breathing exercises help to develop ways to cope with and reduce stress, and improve on prenatal classes, which now often do not cover the breathing changes experienced during childbirth. The 'inward focus' that yoga encourages also helps the mother to connect emotionally with her unborn child. These lead to a smoother time throughout pregnancy and birthing.
Pregnancy is a time of high stress for expectant mothers, physically, mentally and emotionally. Not only do they have to deal with everyday life events, but also physical and hormonal changes and possibly pregnancy related anxiety, about birthing pain etc. High levels of stress, especially due to extraordinary life events, has been associated with increased occurrence of miscarriage, structural malformations, high blood pressure, preterm delivery, low birth weight and possible reduced brain development.
Yoga is a safe and effective way to reduce the stresses faced during pregnancy, through different postures, breathing techniques, meditation or chanting. The techniques of yoga not only help with the calm progress through pre-natal stages and birth, it also assists in preventing the stresses after birthing. This includes calmer interaction with the new baby, preventing sleep deprivation and other stressful situations created by a newborn, as well as assisting the mother return to her pre-birth figure.
Benefits of Yoga --
Yoga can help to reduce the fatigue and minor pains of pregnancy and assist blood circulation. The relaxation techniques learned can also be used during and after labour. Women who perform yoga during their pregnancy have been found to have significantly less preterm deliveries, low birth weights and intrauterine growth retardation and a trend towards less pregnancy induced hypertension (high blood pressure), when compared to women who did aerobic exercise twice a day.

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