http://www.childrensmn.org/blog/kidshealth/2012/09/exercise-and-pregnancy-obgyn-tips/ A Children's of Minnesota Blog About Kids' Health Fri, 24 May 2013 15:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.childrensmn.org/blog/kidshealth/2012/09/exercise-and-pregnancy-obgyn-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-110749 Helene Byrne, BeFit-Mom Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:43:52 +0000 http://www.childrensmn.org/Blog/KidsHealth/?p=2608#comment-110749 All pregnant women should strengthen their deepest abdominal muscle, their Transverse Abdominis, or TvA, to prevent common pregnancy related complaints and complications such as diastasis recti (abdominal separation), back pain, and pelvic instability. As an added benefit, because the TvA is the primary voluntary expulsion muscle, maintaining strength in this muscle greatly aids in the pushing phase of labor. Two safe TvA exercises for pregnancy can be found at: http://befitmom.com/abdominal_separation.html All pregnant women should strengthen their deepest abdominal muscle, their Transverse Abdominis, or TvA, to prevent common pregnancy related complaints and complications such as diastasis recti (abdominal separation), back pain, and pelvic instability. As an added benefit, because the TvA is the primary voluntary expulsion muscle, maintaining strength in this muscle greatly aids in the pushing phase of labor. Two safe TvA exercises for pregnancy can be found at:
http://befitmom.com/abdominal_separation.html

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