Video: Prenatal Yoga: Standing Cat Cow

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This is another great prenatal yoga video clip of the standing cat cow pose with arm extesions. Bookmark this page to practice daily throughout your pregnancy.

Headache During Pregnancy

Pregnancy is probably the most sensitive period in a woman’s life. You carry the responsibility of another life within you. This in itself can be the primary cause of anxiety during pregnancy and can be very difficult to avoid.
While pregnant, you undergo many inevitable biological and psychological changes, but the eternal [...]

Video: Prenatal Yoga: Birth Squat

FITMOM™ PRENATAL YOGA - BIRTH SQUAT

This video from fitmom shows you how to go from a seated position safely into a birth squat. This is some excellent prenatal yoga that not only keeps you fit but helps prepare you for your homebirth or unassisted birth. (Because naturally the birth attendants and doctors in hospitals [...]

Video: Gaiam Prenatal Yoga Preview

This short video clip shows the basic prenatal yoga positions including stretches, pelvic floor exercises (Kegels), strength building poses, standing poses and sitting poses.
This is an excerpt from Gaiam’s prenatal yoga DVD. You can follow along with these poses and if you decide you enjoy the poses you can sign up for a local [...]

How to Have an Organic Pregnancy

The miracle of pregnancy comes with an enormous responsibility for the healthy development of your unborn child. Some women are consumed by this responsibility. Others may have a total disregard for the health and well being of their fetus. Most women fall somewhere in between. If you are reading this then you [...]

Video: Prenatal Yoga: Breathing and Stretching

The following video is a quick 29 second segment that will show you some basic prenatal yoga stretches. You can see how easy these stretches are and naturally you can modify them to your fitness level. Daily prenatal yoga should probably be mandatory for any woman who seeks a healthy pregnancy and a natural childbirth. [...]

Breathe and Relax with Prenatal Yoga

“In addition to its many physical benefits, prenatal yoga helps women through the evolutionary process of pregnancy by connecting with other pregnant women, allowing the opportunity for inward reflection, providing a healthy physical and emotional outlet for one’s experiences, and ultimately preparing one for birth on a holistic level.” Source : Expectant Mother’s Guide
Author: Michelle [...]

Enjoy a Fit Not Fat Pregnancy

“Some of the common blunders expectant moms make could increase their risk of developing serious consequences like gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, or a bacterial infection that can be transmitted to the fetus.”- Fit Pregnancy
Author: Susan Hall
The decision to have a baby is a big one. You and your partner have decided the time is [...]

Take The Pregnancy Health Quiz

The first few weeks of a pregnancy are essential to a growing baby. During this time, the brain and other organs begin rapidly forming. Poor lifestyle decisions such as obesity, smoking, drinking alcohol, and drug use are not only bad for your own health; they can be extremely harmful to a growing baby. Certain chronic [...]

Exercise During Pregnancy

Many women enjoy a healthy lifestyle that includes regular exercise and a good diet. It can be tough to maintain that lifestyle after you become pregnant, especially during the later stages. But it is possible, and in fact preferable, to maintain an exercise regime as long as possible, even through your ninth month.
Pregnancy brings many [...]