Relaxation & Exercise for Childbearing - Softcover

This book is for pregnant women and their partners and covers all the physical preparation necessary for all three aspects of childbirth - pregnancy, labour/birth and postnatal.

This text for pregnant women and their partners covers the physical preparation necessary for the three aspects of childbirth - pregnancy, labour/birth and postnatal. Topics covered include: how to deal with minor physical problems in pregnancy; exercises - abdominal and pelvic floor, circulatory pelvic tilting, shoulder and arm exercises and stretching; need for relaxation in pregnancy, positions and techniques; discussions on more strenuous physical activities; basic description of stages of labour and causes of pain; coping strategies for labour; massage techniques; emotional aspects of end of labour; how partners can help; basic physiology and the need for exercise postnatally; how to check for diastasis of recti muscles for exercise; exercises after a caesarean birth; resumption of more strenuous exercise physical exercise; physical problems postnatally and how to deal with them; how to be referred for medical help if necessary; feeling and emotions.