Pregnancy brings remarkable changes to your body, and your pelvic floor plays an important role throughout pregnancy, birth, and recovery.
Pelvic Floor Exercises During Pregnancy is a comprehensive, practical guide to understanding, strengthening, relaxing, and caring for your pelvic floor from early pregnancy through postpartum recovery.
Inside, you’ll learn how to:
• Identify and correctly activate your pelvic floor muscles
• Perform Kegel exercises safely and effectively
• Practise pelvic floor relaxation, breathing, and core coordination
• Follow a structured week-by-week pelvic floor training programme
• Understand and manage common concerns such as urinary leakage, urgency, constipation, pelvic discomfort, and heaviness
• Prepare your pelvic floor for labour, pushing, birth positions, and perineal care
• Support your body during the early weeks of postpartum recovery
• Gradually rebuild strength and return to exercise after birth
• Develop lifelong habits that support pelvic health
With step-by-step exercises, trimester-specific guidance, practical trackers, planners, quick-reference resources, FAQs, and professional references, this book turns pelvic floor care into a structured part of your pregnancy journey.
Whether you are preparing for your first baby or navigating another pregnancy, this guide gives you practical knowledge and tools to better understand your body, prepare for birth, and support your recovery afterwards.
Pelvic Floor Exercises During Pregnancy
The Complete Guide to Building Strength, Preventing Incontinence, Preparing for Labour and Recovering After Birth
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