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Kegel Exerices
All pregnant women should do these exercises, which strengthen your pelvic floor muscles (the muscles that support your uterus and bladder), and help prevent incontinence. How do I do Kegels? . . .
Kegel exercises
Pelvic floor exercises not only keep you in better shape throughout your pregnancy, but they could also help you to avoid complications and potential surgery during labour.
How can pelvic floor exercises help?
Kegel exercises reduce the risk of tearing the soft skin between vagina and anus, (the perineum). They work to improve pelvic muscle tone, prevent incontinence and aid the process of labour.How t . . .
Birth complications
Although most women go on to have successful births and healthy babies, it is worth preparing yourself for the unexpected things that can happen during labour and birth.
Emergency home births
Sometimes a baby will come early and you will be unable to make it to the hospital. Knowing how to act during an emergency home delivery could make all the difference..
Episiotomy
An episiotomy is a surgical incision made in the perineum, (the area of skin between your vagina and anus) to enlarge the vaginal opening for a baby’s head to emerge.
Hospital birth
Hospitals are trying increasingly harder to meet all of your labour needs and comforts.
Perineal tears
Although it is common for perineal tears to happen during labour, there are ways to prevent it from happening.
Positions for delivery
Though most women envision having a baby while lying on their back, it is becoming more popular to try different positions during labour to find a position that feels the most natural and comfortable . . .
Premature labor and birth
A baby born before the end of week 37, is considered premature. There are many reasons for why a premature birth may occur...