{"id":372,"date":"2013-03-05T22:16:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T22:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/?p=372"},"modified":"2014-04-16T02:47:11","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T02:47:11","slug":"planning-a-pregnancy-or-already-pregnant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/2013\/03\/05\/planning-a-pregnancy-or-already-pregnant\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning a pregnancy or already pregnant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/2012\/12\/05\/planning-a-pregnancy-or-already-pregnant\/img_0227\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-373\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-373 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_0227\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/images\/2012\/12\/IMG_0227.jpg\" width=\"264\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you or your partner planning a pregnancy or already pregnant?<br \/>\nThis time is one of the most important and physically challenging times in your whole life. It is vital that you prepare and stay as healthy and fit as possible during these 40 weeks!<br \/>\nIt is NOT enough to just modify your present fitness programme.<br \/>\nSpecific strengthening and stretching \u00a0<a title=\"pregnancy exercises\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsfocusphysio.com.au\/special-programs\/pilates-for-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\">pregnancy exercises<\/a> are vital, especially in today&#8217;s sedentary work environment to prepare for childbirth.<br \/>\n40 weeks to prepare&#8230;..average length of labour 12 hours&#8230;what do you need !<br \/>\nStrong thigh muscles to support the weight of the baby<br \/>\nHip mobility to help birth positions<br \/>\nMoveable sacrum to improve pelvic outlet<br \/>\nStrong deep stomach muscles<br \/>\nPelvic floor muscles that will support, and relax !<\/p>\n<p>Squatting improves the mobility in the hips, strengthens the butt and legs, promotes a wider pelvic outlet and allows the pelvic muscles to stay strong but also relax and stretch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Exercises to address side butt strength will help prevent the pregnancy waddle and pelvic instability.<\/p>\n<p>Deep abdominal and pelvic floor exercises \u00a0&#8211; vital to support your growing baby and help in your 2nd stage of labour<\/p>\n<p>Relaxation techniques together with specific breathing will teach you how to maximise the times when you can rest and focus on your body during your labour.<br \/>\nMake an <a title=\"Northbridge Sports Focus Physiotherapy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsfocusphysio.com.au\/contact-us\/northbridge\/\" target=\"_blank\">appointment with me<\/a> to discuss any concerns and modify your present exercise programme. I love this &#8216;personal training&#8217; part of my job!<br \/>\nCome and do pre-natal Pilates classes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you or your partner planning a pregnancy or already pregnant? This time is one of the most important and physically challenging times in your whole life. It is vital that you prepare and stay as healthy and fit as possible during these 40 weeks! It is NOT enough to just modify your present fitness <a href='http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/2013\/03\/05\/planning-a-pregnancy-or-already-pregnant\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pregnancy","category-uncategorized","category-15-id","category-1-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1338,"href":"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372\/revisions\/1338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/petersphotogallery.com\/vanea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}