Breathing exercises during pregnancy — The secret of proper breathing is to manage the inhalation and exhalation. Breathing exercises is extremely important and useful during pregnancy: being a very important element in the preparation for responsible time of birth, it has, at the same time, and intrinsic value.

Breathing pregnant woman rather peculiar — The growing uterus displaces the abdominal organs and diaphragm upward, whereby movement of the diaphragm is difficult, lung volume decreases. Pregnant body has to adapt to this, because the growing baby in the womb requires more oxygen (oxygen demand by the end of pregnancy increases by more than 30-40%).

In addition, the body adapts to the increased oxygen demand and by strengthening the heart and increasing the number of erythrocytes (red blood cells) — oxygen carriers.

Execution of special breathing exercises during pregnancy helps the body more quickly and completely adapt to the new requirements.Breathing exercises desirable to perform daily or by including them in the gym complex (between the exercise and at the end of the complex), or in the relaxation process, either as a separate group exercise.

Total duration of breathing exercises should not exceed 10 minutes per day. This limitation is due to the fact that pregnant women and so decreases the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood, and rapid breathing will reduce it even more, which can lead to dizziness.