Breathing Exercise During Pregnancy

Breathing Exercise Pregnancy

It's important to practice the breathing techniques during pregnancy and especially before birth. Because of the practice, it can give you the opportunity to familiarize themselves with various techniques, and the coach gives you the opportunity to learn along with them.

It can be really important during labor. During the delivery phase, you will realize that become increasingly difficult to concentrate on your breathing. Midwife or labor companion you may have to go, assist and direct you to the right so breathing can help you maintain control.

Here are a variety of breathing techniques are taught:

a. Abdominal breathing

- Sleep on your back with one pillow, knees bent and opened about 20 cm.

- Put both hands on her stomach around the center as a stimulant. Exhale from the mouth (inflatable) with a hand pressing into the abdomen.

- Take a breath from the nose with mouth closed, the stomach expands drive both hands up. Note that respiratory motion carried by the stomach (so the chest does not go flat flower).

Uses: flexing the abdominal wall to be easily checked by a doctor / midwife.

b. Respiratory ribs

- Sleep on your back (as on abdominal breathing), put both hands in a fist position in the ribs as a stimulant.

- Breathe such as abdominal breathing, with the exception of hand pressed into the rib cage expands and pushes both hands toward the outer side.

Usability: Gaining as much oxygen as possible.

c. Respiratory chest

- Sleep on your back (as on abdominal breathing), put both hands on the upper chest.

- Remove the breath of the mouth (inflatable) with his chest pressed to the inside.

- Take a deep breath from your mouth with your mouth open, his chest expands to a two-handed push up.

Uses: Reduce pain in childbirth.

a. Breathing dogs (short and fast)

Breathing is like breathing the chest, it's just the rhythm of breathing faster with half stopped breathing movements (not breathe too deep, short course).

Benefits: Rest or eliminate fatigue after straining. This also performed when the mother has felt like pushing while the opening is not yet complete, so the birth canal is not swollen or torn.