Kegal Exercises During Pregnancy

by E-NewsCast Team
September 7th, 2010

You probably became familiar with Kegel exercises during yourpregnancy. Kegel exercises are equally important after pregnancyto help restore the tone and strength of your vaginal wall.Kegel exercises help strengthen your pelvic muscles, whichweaken during childbirth. Why would you want to strengthen thesemuscles? If they are weak, you could have bladder controlproblems. You may also find that intercourse is more fulfillingwhen you have control of your kegel muscles.Not sure how to do your Kegel’s? Pretend that you are trying tostop the flow of urine the next time you are sitting on thetoilet (or anywhere for that matter). Those are the very musclesyou need to contract in order to do your Kegels. You can alsoinsert a finger into your vagina and try squeezing just like youare trying to stop the flow of urine. If you feel tightnessaround your finger, you are performing the exercise correctly.Be sure when you are doing your Kegel’s that you concentrate onthe pelvic floor muscles specifically; try not to do any otherexercises. You should squeeze for about 15 seconds several timesper day.It is important that you don’t overdo your Kegel’s particularlyin the early weeks after birth, or you may become very sore.Consider working up to doing three sets of ten repetitions overthe course of the day.

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