Prenatal Classes
Our Prenatal classes offer a safe workout focused on pelvic floor awareness, trimester-oriented reinforcement and breathing drills to get you strong and ready for the birth of your baby.
During pregnancy, the woman’s body is significantly changed, especially in some areas: the pelvis, abdomen, breasts. This is due to the presence of large amounts of certain hormones such as Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG), Progesterone, Estrogen and Prolactin.
In synergy with placental relaxin, they induce relaxation of the pelvic ligaments in order to make the sacroiliac joints and the pubic symphysis more elastic in view of childbirth.
In particular, relaxin relaxes the woman’s subcutaneous connective tissue in preparation for childbirth. Under its action, the joints and ligaments, only of the pelvis but of the whole body, therefore become more elastic and the skin more supple.
Pregnancy and prenatal classes:
Pregnancy Pilates leaves out all the exercises that would put pressure or tension on the body of a pregnant woman, and sub in exercises and stretches that are modified for pregnant women.
The strengthening process helps pregnant women maintain a strong low back and core muscles, which can potentially prevent or eliminate debilitating back pain during pregnancy.
By staying active during prenatal classes, your body is going to have a much easier time snapping back to your pre-pregnancy level of athleticism.
Expect to use a range of equipments such as Cadillac, Chair, Reformer, CoreAlign and small amount of mat to achieve your goals.
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What to expectduring class:
- Focus on pelvic floor:You will be familiar with the importance of pelvicfloor exercises. Your pelvic floor is the supportsystem for the organs in your lower abdominals.While the uterus grows during pregnancy, it needsthe support of a strong pelvic floor. Prenatal Pilateshelps women control their pelvis by working oncontracting and relaxing those muscles. This willreally help when you are going into labour.- Focus on breathing:As a baby grows inside the womb, it eventuallypresses up against the inner chest cavity. While awoman’s oxygen capacity stays the same, it isn’tuncommon for her to feel like she is having troublebreathing. Pilates style breathing encourages you torecruit your intercostal muscles that line yourribcage, which will help you take deep breaths, evenwith that pressure on your diaphragm.- Focus on strengthening the Transverse Abdominis:In fact, during pregnancy, your abs and low backneed to be engaged in order to keep you healthy andreduce the amount of negative postural effects andstrains caused by pregnancy. The important thing tonote here is that there are appropriate abdominalexercises for expectant mothers to use, and othersthat you need to avoid completely.