Showing posts with label pregnancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pregnancy. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Helping Your Baby Reduce Stress and Relax

“Under conditions of stress many persons go into labored breathing reminiscent of breathing at birth…in fear or anxiety one of the first functions to be affected is breathing.”- Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin by Ashley Montagu  Baby’s response to stress Our body’s natural response is to organize for safety during times of crisis.

http://fitness.bellypilates.com/2013/04/10/helping-your-baby-reduce-stress-and-relax/

Saturday, April 6, 2013

What is a Diastasis? Getting Your Pre-Baby Body Back After Childbirth

Well, it’s normal for a small amount of separation to occur during your pregnancy. The uterus pushes against the abdominal wall during pregnancy and viola – it separates. Also, hormones can soften connective tissue, allowing the separation to occur more easily. For some women, it is simply how their bodies respond to pregnancy. After delivery, the abdominal wall can be weak and inappropriate exercise choices can widen a diastasis or even create one.

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Friday, April 5, 2013

How Belly Wrapping Can Help Your Body Find Its Natural Shape Again

Did you know that a 36 foot long piece of unbleached cotton wound tightly around your body can create such a transformation in your shape? How To Get Your Pre-Baby Body Back With Belly Wrapping The belly wrap will help re-align the rectus abdominis muscles by putting them together towards center thus correcting a diastisis.

http://fitness.bellypilates.com/2013/04/05/how-belly-wrapping-can-help-your-body-find-its-natural-shape-again/

Breastfeeding Workshops

This low cost workshop is intended for providing pregnant women and mothers with the necessary information to avoid or overcome pitfalls. Adjusting to motherhood can be stressful enough, knowing where to turn will ease your transition.

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Are There Exercises That I Can Do To Prepare For Childbirth?

Going through labor exerts stress on particular muscles and joints. You can practice some exercises to help your body for the demands of labor. The following exercises can help reduce labor time, decrease the risks of medicalinterventions and quicken your postpartum recovery. 1. Kegel exercises have long been prescribed as a method to strengthen pelvic

http://fitness.bellypilates.com/2013/03/26/exercises-that-prepare-for-childbirth/

Monday, March 25, 2013

How To Handle A Crying Baby

As adults, we don’t often differentiate emotional crying from physical crying because we can have the benefit of words to give voice to our feelings and our needs. Babies don’t have the luxury of language, but they do have a vocabulary of body cues and noises that allow them to express themselves. How Babies Communicate

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Breastfeeding Workshops

During this interactive workshop, we will talk about the normal course of breastfeeding, avoiding pitfalls, when & where to seek help. We will discuss basic breastfeeding information and the many resources available for breastfeeding mothers.

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Monday, March 11, 2013

Acupressure for a Better Delivery and Childbirth

Acupressure is a non-invasive technique that is effectively used in preparation for and during childbirth. Direct firm pressure on specific points on a woman’s body can help in labor In this Workshop you will learn how acupressure can help in: Blocking pain Promoting the release of endorphins Dilating the cervix and improving the efficiency of contractions. Using acupressure, the mom is significantly more likely to go into spontaneous labor, Anxiety is reduced significantly Pain in the first stage of labor is decreased. Learn the points: their location and functions

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

One of the Many Benefits of Infant Massage – BONDING

ach infant comes into this world with a story of their birth that is unique to them, just as the pregnancy and delivery experience is unique for each mother and father. Communicating with the infant through loving touch helps the infant to give voice to their story and deepens the bond between parent and child.

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Can I Lift Weights While Pregnant?

Weight training during pregnancy offers innumerable benefits to the mother and the future baby. It can be quite helpful during pregnancy but one of its important benefits can be realized soon after childbirth. Think of all the lifting you will do with baby. Weight training exercises can serve as a controlled, modified, cardiovascular workout for the pregnant woman.

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Would You Like to Bond With Your Baby Through the Power of Healing Touch?

Infant Massage is a wonderful way to experience how your baby communicates with you. With nurturing touch you and your baby may feel more relaxed. • Stimulation: Stimulates circulation, digestion, respiration, immune system, nervous system, and language. • Relaxation: Relaxing for parents and babies by helping to release stress. It produces calming hormones, and helps to regulate sleep patterns. Babies who are massaged may sleep deeper and longer. • Relief: Can help to relieve colic, constipation, and gas by improving elimination. Also can be beneficial in relieving pains related to teething and growing. • Interaction: Helps babies spend more time active and alert for learning and increases bonding and attachments to their parents.

http://www.onlywire.com/r/119640822

One of the Many Benefits of Infant Massage – BONDING

Each infant comes into this world with a story of their birth that is unique to them, just as the pregnancy and delivery experience is unique for each mother and father. Communicating with the infant through loving touch helps the infant to give voice to their story and deepens the bond between parent and child.

http://fitness.bellypilates.com/2013/03/06/one-of-the-many-benefits-of-infant-massage-bonding/

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Can I Lift Weights While Pregnant?

Weight training during pregnancy offers innumerable benefits to the mother and the future baby. It can be quite helpful during pregnancy but one of its important benefits can be realized soon after childbirth. Think of all the lifting you will do with baby. Weight training exercises can serve as a controlled, modified, cardiovascular workout for

http://fitness.bellypilates.com/2013/02/14/can-i-lift-weights-while-pregnant/

Monday, February 11, 2013

Baby Shower Gift Certificates for the Mother

Would you like to connect your loved with prenatal, pregnancy, childbirth or childbirth education resources at an intimate maternal wellness center on the Main Line in Delaware County?

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Friday, February 8, 2013

How To Choose A Healthy Prenatal Exercise Class.

How To Choose A Healthy Prenatal Exercise Class. How Much Exercise Is Safe While Pregnant? What are signs that I am overdoing it ?

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