3 MUST DO MOVEMENTS TO PREP FOR LABOR

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The video provides practical, actionable advice for a specific audience (pregnant individuals) during a significant life event (preparing for labor). The clear demonstrations and focus on a common concern (labor preparation) likely drove engagement and shares.

Summary

A pregnant woman demonstrates three pelvic floor exercises designed to prepare for labor and delivery. She explains how each movement helps open the pelvis and relax the pelvic floor muscles, making labor potentially easier and quicker.

Structure

1Introduction to pelvic prep movements
2Low squat hold for hip external rotation
3Lateral lunge rocks for mid-pelvis opening

Original caption

EVERY soon to be mama can add these simple pelvic floor relaxation exercises into their routine!! Prioritizing each level of the pelvis to make room for baby to get in an optimal position before birth and to learn how to relax and lengthen your pelvic floor muscles (which is essential DURING birth!) These movements are also so helpful during birth as well!! More birth prep routines on my fitness app thrive by katie!! #birthprep #laborprep #pelvicfloor #thirdtrimester

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More birth prep routines on my fitness app thrive by katie!!

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3 MUST DO MOVEMENTS TO PREP FOR LABOR KNEES OUT STRETCH: low squat hold ASSYMETRICAL OPENERS: Lateral Lunge Rocks EXTERNAL ROTATION STRETCH: Ankles Out Childs Pose Rocks "these are also AMAZING to do throughout labor!"

Transcript

These are three movements that you can do that opens up every level of your pelvis that can lead to an optimal, quicker labor and delivery and just helps you prep for birth. First one, we are going to focus on external hip rotation so knees out. So we are going to sit in a deep squat hold. If this is a little too challenging for you, you can always place a yoga block on the bottom right here, but you are going to hit a deep squat hold, focus on your breathing, focusing on releasing all of your pelvic floor muscles and just breathing down, keeping your knees out wide. Some lateral lunge stretch rocks to open up that mid-pelvis, making room for baby to move and adjust if needed and as always, focusing on your breath and releasing any tension in those pelvic floor muscles. And then for your pelvic outlet, think hips in internal hip rotation. So your ankles are going to be wider than your knees. And you can just do some rock backs like so. It's kind of like a modified child's pose, keeping those ankles wider than your knees, opening up as deep into that stretch as you can to focus on your pelvic outlet. And right there you have three exercises that anybody and everyone can do to help prep their body for birth.