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Kegel Exercises 101: A Guide for Pregnant Women

by DP Nguyen 6 Comments

Kegel Exercise

Kegel ExerciseAre you tired of leaking urine? And do you want to have an easier childbirth experience? You have to try Kegel exercises.

Kegel exercises (also called pelvic floor exercises) are one of the most recommended ways for you to prepare your body for labor and delivery. Kegels strengthen your pelvic floor muscles, which are the muscles that support your uterus, rectum, bladder, and urethra (the tube that carries urine from your bladder to the outside world).

These special exercises are named after Dr. Arnold H. Kegel, a gynecologist in the 1940s, who recommended these exercises to help women with urinary incontinence and diminished bladder control. (There are also Kegel exercises for men, which have nefarious sexual reasons. Kegels were original designed for women, though.) [Read more…] about Kegel Exercises 101: A Guide for Pregnant Women

Filed Under: Pregnancy, Pregnancy Fitness, Pregnancy Health Tagged With: Kegel exercises, how to do kegel exercises, kegel exercises for women

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