Can Exercise During Pregnancy Make Labor Harder?

Birthful

12/14/22

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52m

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It’s common knowledge that walking, swimming, and doing prenatal yoga can all be super helpful during pregnancy, but what about running, barre, CrossFit, or weightlifting? Deb Flashenberg shares with Adriana how strength-focused exercising can lead to a too-tight core and pelvic floor that make for more difficult labors and harder postpartum recoveries. They explore how you can figure out if your pelvic floor is too tight and what you can do about it to have a more flowing birth.

Get the most out of this episode by checking out the resources, transcript, and links listed on its show notes page.

If you liked this episode, listen to our interview on Protecting Your Perineum and our episode on Vaginal Rehab. You can also listen to the episode I did on Deb’s Yoga | Birth | Babies podcast about Finding Birth Flow Within A Hospital Setting.

You can connect with Deb on Instagram @prenatalyogacenter. You can connect with Birthful @BirthfulPodcast and email us at podcast@Birthful.com.

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[Birth Stories] No Matter How You Birth, You’re a Badass

December 7, 2022

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Lauren Horton has always been physically active, and during pregnancy, she continued to do a mix of CrossFit, swimming, yoga, and tons of dog walking. She shares with Adriana her surprise when she found herself hunkering down on the bed during labor instead of moving, and why she went with it (although she could have done without the hemorrhoids). Lauren also opens up about the impossibility of trying to live up to the expectations of doing it all, how sometimes the win is as small as having been able to pump at work, and why she concludes that “everyone is a badass.”

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If you liked this episode, listen to our interview on Shaking and the Primal Nature of Birth and our episode on Why Employers Need to Value Your Parenting Skills.

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[Birth Stories] How She Navigated a Long Birth While Waiting for Her Support Team to Arrive

December 21, 2022

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For weeks, Julia Cooper had been nervous that her baby would arrive while her husband and mom were away, and sure enough contractions started merely hours after she dropped her husband off at the airport. What follows is a testament to how hard it can be to shut off your thinking brain while in labor and how in spite of that, you can still support your physiology and get things to flow (even if you have a prolonged labor and an epidural!).

Get the most out of this episode by checking out the resources, transcript, and links listed on its show notes page.

If you liked this episode, listen to our interview on The Holistic Stages of Birth and our episode on A Dad's Perspective.

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