Your best pregnancy : the ultimate guide to easing the aches, pains, and uncomfortable side effects during each stage of your pregnancy / Jill Hoefs and Denise Jagroo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoefs, Jill, author.

Jagroo, Denise, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pregnancy--Popular works.

Pregnancy.

Exercise for pregnant women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : demosHEALTH, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Have a safe, healthy, and comfortable pregnancy. Written by two physical therapists with over twenty years of combined experience helping women ease sore feet, aching backs, incessant peeing, and many other uncomfortable conditions, Your Best Pregnancy provides simple solutions and easy exercises to help women feel their best from head to toe. Through detailed photographs, illustrations, and down-to-earth advice that is both medically substantiated as well as easy to understand, you will learn how to:. Treat the most uncomfortable symptoms during pregnancy, such as back and shoulder pain, bla

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Share Your Best Pregnancy: The Ultimate Guide to Easing the Aches, Pains, and Uncomfortable Side Effects During Each Stage of Your Pregnancy; Chapter 1: Ouch! What Is Happening to My Body? Help!; Back Pain; Lower Back Pain; Upper Back and Shoulder Pain; Bladder Issues; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; How Do You Know If You Have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?; Constipation; Heel and Bottom of Foot Pain (Plantar Fasciitis); Lightheadedness; Lower Abdominal/Groin Pain (Round Ligament Pain); Night Cramps; Pelvic Pain

Pubic Symphysis Pain/Symphysis Pubis DysfunctionSacroiliac Pain; How Do You Know If You Have a Problem at Your Sacroiliac Joint?; Sciatica; Separated Abdominal Muscles (Diastasis Recti); Anatomy Lesson; Who Are These Women With Diastases?; How to Prevent a Diastasis; Shortness of Breath; Sleeping Pains; Swelling; Do You Also Have Cankles?; Tailbone Pain (Coccyx Pain); Varicose Veins; Additional Help from Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine; Acupuncture; Chinese Herbal Medicine; Chapter 2: It's Not Time to Put Your Gym Membership on Hold; 1. "Don't Exercise, You Will Hurt the Baby!"

2. "If You Have Pain While Exercising during the Beginning of Your Pregnancy, Stop Everything Because It's Only Going to Get Worse."3. "Don't Let Your Heart Rate Get Higher than 140 Beats Per Minute When Exercising. And Don't Exercise for More than 15 Minutes."; 4. "It's Not Safe to Ride a Bike after Your First Trimester."; 5. "Too Much Exercise Will Take Nutrients Away from Your Baby."; 6. "If You Never Exercised before Pregnancy, Don't Start Now."; 7. "Avoid All Forms of Prenatal Yoga."; 8. "You Shouldn't Stretch during Pregnancy. Your Joints Are Too Loose."

9. "Running Is Too Jarring for the Baby"10. "Don't Lift That, It's Too Heavy."; 11. "You Should Be Able to Maintain a Conversation While Exercising."; 12. "Drinking Eight Glasses of Water Is Enough, Even When You Exercise."; Chapter 3: Help for the Pelvic Floor; What's a Kegel?; The Love Boat; Pelvic Floor Muscles and Bowel and Bladder Function; Pelvic Floor Muscles and Your Pelvic Stability; Underactive and Overactivepelvic Floor Dysfunction; Pregnancy and the Pelvic Floor; How to Strengthen Your Pelvic Floor

I Still Can't Find the Muscles! What Do You Mean I Have to Breathe at the Same Time?Grrr. No Luck. I Still Can't Connect with Them; OK, I've Found the Muscles. How Do I Get Them Stronger?; When Should I Do These Exercises?; Chapter 4: Between the Sheets during Your Pregnancy; Orgasms Will Help My Pregnancy?; Is Sex Safe during Pregnancy?; Sexual Positions; Pelvic Rest; So I Can't Have Intercourse. What about Outercourse?; Chapter 5: Bed Rest: Survival Tips; Who Is on Bed Rest?; What Is Bed Rest?; Is Bed Rest Necessary?; The Emotional Toll; Let's Get Physical; Upper Body; Core; Lower Body

Chapter 6: Planning for Labor and Delivery

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61705-203-5