If the thought of working out during your pregnancy makes you want to head for the couch, consider this: Some exercises can ease the aches and pains of pregnancy and prepare your body for the rigors of labor.

Here’s how these simple exercises can benefit you and how to do them properly:

KEGELS
Kegel exercise work the pelvic floor muscles that support your pelvic organs – the vagina, urethra, cervix, uterus, bladder, small intestines, and rectum. Strengthening your pelvic floor muscles provides better support for these organs and can help prevent or treat urinary stress incontinence.

There’s even some evidence to suggest that having good control of your pelvic floor muscles may help during the pushing stage of labor. The theory is that if you can voluntarily relax those muscles, you can make it easier for your baby to be born.

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