It is of prime importance to workout your abs during pregnancy, because not only pregnancy abdominal exercises help in toning your abs muscles, but also strengthen your spine, thereby reducing the chances of back pain. Carrying out abs exercises during pregnancy goes a long way in preventing diastasis recti, a health problem, in which your abs muscles get separated and in fact most of the ladies suffer from this ailment during their pregnancy.
Abdominal exercises as a whole help to ease your labor and delivery. It is especially vital to perform pregnancy abs exercises during the third trimester, because that is the time in which you tend to witness an increase in the size and weight of your baby.
Here are some real effective, easy to perform abs exercises that can be carried out during pregnancy:
One of the simplest exercises to shape and tone your abs is to concentrate, while pulling your belly button towards your spine. Breathe out the air, while tucking your tummy in. Hold for a few seconds and then relax your body. Do about 8-10 repetitions.
Lie down on the floor on your back and then attempt to exhale, while lowering your back, vertebra by vertebra. Restore back to your original position. Carry out about 5-6 repetitions of this fabulous exercise. (Note: After around the 4th month of pregnancy, you should avoid exercises that involve lying on the back because the weight of the baby can compress the main artery, which may lower the blood pressure and you may feel dizzy & light-headed.)
Side crunches work wonders in strengthening your abs. Lie on your right hand side, keeping your right leg slightly bent and your right arm stretched out in front. Now keep your left hand behind your head and bend your left knee and make an attempt to bring your left elbow and head towards your left knee, in such a manner that all meet. Do the same exercise on the other side. Do about 15-20 reps.
