Myths About Health

Pregnancy and Physical Fitness

admin on 01 23, 2010

Physical fitness doesn’t mean be in tone. Improved fitness can be achieved without optimal level of the overall health. Physical fitness means your heart is healthy, your body can move comfortably. While being pregnant body changes all it’s systems to accommodate needs of the developing fetus’s care. In this case it is important to prepare the body, mind and spirit for pregnancy through a fusion of yoga, pilates and preventative therapeutic exercise. Sure all these trainings must be done only under control of professional physical therapist certified in natal fitness instruction and yoga. The idea is to train from early pregnancy for the purpose of producing control and acceptance over changes during the pregnancy.

Here are some common myths that are arised speaking about pregnancy and physical fitness.

Myth 1. During the second pregnancy I can expect the same experience like at first time.

Any mother of two can tell you that no two children of the same genetic pool, neither will be your mental and physical state after delivery. Pre and Post natal wellness specialist can teach you how to prevent common screens or strains for possible complications. Yoga and pregnancy specific core training are particularly useful.

Myth 2. After the all instructions of healthcare provider and reading all related books I can be sure birth will be just as I planned.

The idea of the experience of the natal healthcare trainings is to be get emotional and physical support you need to deal with the reality that YOU will be determining how well this birth will go. Pain is subjective and natural birthing ability is dependant on primarily three things.
1) Productive birthing position so that gravity works with you and not against you.
2) Breath, remain focused and work with nature. You must be educated on what is happening and need to train the body to not approach the situation as an attack.
3) You need to feel supported through the labor by your own self and possibly by others because you may need the mental boost.

Myth 3. After six weeks I am medically cleared and I can assume that I will be “back to normal” in a mater of weeks.

In fact, reality hits somewhere around month 4 that you may not sleep an eight hour night again, you cry over the fact that someone has left the toothpaste cap off you look at your body in the bathroom mirror and get frustrated. “Back to normal” requires you to be in tone with your hormones, your new body and your new schedule.