Exercising - Key To Reduce Labour Pains

by Shilpa

This article will tell you the advantages and the type of exercises to be done during pregnancy. Let us see some exercises which can be done during the delivery period.
Exercise for Physical and Mental Relaxation: This exercise is to be done in the sleeping position. Do the relaxation exercise in the following order:
1) Relax your forehead. Do not bring wrinkles on your forehead.
2) Jaws should be let loose.
3) Loosen your shoulders.
4) Loosen both your elbows and spread your hands away from the body.
5) Hands and fingers should be kept loose.
6) Also loosen your legs.
If you find hard to relax, ask your friend, relative, etc to move his/her hand over your forehead, shoulder and back. This will certainly make you feel better. Do this process in between two labour pains. Relaxing helps in proper circulation of oxygen to the body. Also keep your face relax. Automatically your whole body will get relax.

Types of breathing exercise for relaxation:
1) Breathing in synchronisation
a) Deep breathing: Breathe deeply through your nose and fill your lungs. Release air through your mouth.
b) Normal breathing: Place hands on your hip. Breathe slowly. Then release air through your mouth. The air should be release as if you are blowing a baloon. Repeat this exercise twice.
c) Breathing upto the jaws: In this process say "OUT" and put emphasize on "T". Breathing automatically takes place.
Start again from deep breathing exercise.

2) Low breathing: Breathe low for two times and then blow air out. Keep doing this until the urge to push baby outside is stopped. This exercise is to be done when the cervix is closed. Doing this exercise prevents swelling of the cervix due the pressure exerted by the head of the child.

3) Breathing during final push out:
a) The exercise is to be done by putting two pillows under your head.
b) Breathe normally through nose and release air through the mouth.
c) Breathe again.
d) Now take a deep breath and hold.
e) Now move your chin close to your chest.
f) Apply force so as to push your baby down. Release breath if it is impossible for you to hold it. Then again take a deep breath and keep holding it for sometime.
e) Release your breath and relax.
The above exercise is to be done when the cervix is fully open.


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