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Q: Exercises For Easy Labour
asked by: bugbunny on August 27th, 2004
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Hi,

my wife is 29 weeks pregnant. She does not do any exercise other than doing house hold work.

She also complains about pain during intercose. Whould her her labour be painfull ? What sort of things should she do to make it comfortable. Is it ok to do lot of walking . Pls helap
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dlockett
replied on September 26th, 2004
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Hi,
i hope I can be some help. I know with my first child I did a lot of house work and also pelvic exercises. And my delivery was very fast four pushes and she was out. She can do walking as long as she is comfterable doing it. Don't start of going really far. Even if it is down the block and back. Just start off slow and if she thinks she can do farhter then that try going back and forth twice. It all depends on how she is feeling. And with the intercourse at this point of time it is going to hurt. Because she is getting very close to her due date, so that means the baby is, starting to move down. Which is going to make that area very sore right now. So if it is hurting her try to do something else. But with with the exercises, with my second child I didn't do any exercises and it took like 15 pushes to get him out. So the exercises are good so it makes her pelvis and the muscles around there stronger. The pelvic exercises all she has to do is just tighten up the muscles in her butt, hold it for ten seconds and then release. (it feels like you are trying to stop yourself from peeing. She can try it first in the bathroom to see if she is doing it right. While she is going pee, tell her to try and stop the pee from coming out. If she does then she is doing it right. That is how simple that exercises is) she can do them any where any time. Because no one can see her doing it. I really hope I was some assistance to you. Please take care and I wish you both a fast and safe delivery!
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2littlegirlz
replied on September 26th, 2004
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Not to scare you but sometimes all the working out and excercises you do will have nothing to do with delivery. Your pubic/pelvic bone can not be changed with any excersise so it really depends on the womens body, size of child and position of the baby. My first was face up and took 4 hours to push out my second in 10 pushes im now with my third and who knows whatg will happen Exclamation good luck Wink
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jessamyn
replied on October 3rd, 2004
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I had alot of pain during intercourse as well it just comes with some pregnancies...

Tell her to do keagles as well :_)
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1sttimemama
replied on November 27th, 2004
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Dont give birth on your back!!!!! Look into different forms of active birth, check out the book "active birth" by janet something-or-othrer. Its really helpful!!!
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