During pregnancy, many changes occur in your body. These changes are designed to protect you and to foster the growth and development of your baby.
One of the significant change occurs at the level of respiration. It is normal that you have a sensation of "stuffiness", especially during the last quarter. The growth of the uterus causes elevation of the diaphragm, reducing breathing capacity of lungs. As compensation mechanism, and to maintain adequate oxygenation, both for you and your baby, the body increases the volume of air mobilized by increasing respiratory rate.
For these unpleasant sensations disappear or at least be as painless as possible, we advise you to do yoga.
Yoga is an old technique from India, whose name means "union". This practice is a series of breathing exercises and stretching. Yoga, combined with other cardiovascular exercises like walking, is ideal for pregnancy, not only because it helps maintain a good shape, but also because it tones the muscles, gives more flexibility in your joints , improves your ciculation, brief gives you strength and vitality.
Yoga can also help you relax and improve your breathing, two valuable benefits on the day of delivery. The first thing taught in yoga classes is the breathing technique, known as the "ujayi". This is to breathe deeply and slowly through your nose to completely fill the lungs with air. Then you have to exhale until the maximum compression of the stomach.
These breathing exercises will help you avoid contracting your muscles during painful contractions before delivery. Relaxation of all muscles promotes the natural course of delivery, making it shorter and less painful.