Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the ground about.
Is it safe to do pelvic floor exercises when pregnant.
Doing pelvic floor exercises will strengthen these muscles and help you control any accidents.
The water will help to reduce pressure on your pelvic floor and once you re heavily pregnant you ll soon appreciate the zero gravity.
If you did not have much hassle during your pregnancy you might resume kegels a day after delivery.
This loosening along with your growing baby pressing on your bladder may cause you to leak urine when you cough laugh sneeze or exercise.
Pelvic floor exercises can also prevent prolapse which is where the pelvic organs drop down into the vagina.
Swimming swimming is a brilliant low impact exercise that is safe to do whilst pregnant and it burns calories.
Post pregnancy pelvic floor exercise.
Do this throughout pregnancy as long as you don t have pelvic floor symptoms such as painful intercourse or urinary urgency.
It is advisable to continue kegels even post pregnancy as it helps in toning the pelvic floor muscles lessening swelling as well as accelerating the healing process 12.
During your pregnancy your pelvic floor muscles will loosen due to hormonal changes in your body.