Well Done Mum
- Packing your hospital bag
- Packing for labour ward
- Packing for hospital stay
- Packing for baby
- Other ways to prepare
- Factors to consider when buying baby equipment
- Buying a Buggy / Pram
- Buying a Cot / Moses basket
- Buying a Changing unit
- Other items worth considering
Pelvic Floor Exercise
The Pelvic Floor Muscles come under stain during pregnancy and childbirth and so need to be strengthened.
A strong pelvic floor helps prevent stress incontinence (the slight leaking of urine that occurs when u cough or laugh)
Pelvic Floor Exercises:
- Imagine you are trying to stop yourself passing wind, and at the same time trying to stop your flow of urine in mid stream.
- The feeling is one of 'Squeeze and lift' closing and drawing up the back and front passages
- Continue to lift for as long as you can (up to 10 seconds)
- Release, Rest and repeat
- Aim to build up to 10 repetitions at a time
