7 Common Pregnancy Mistakes That Increase Risk of Postnatal Complications

While many post-birth complications are simply unavoidable, it's really important to take care of your body as much as possible throughout your pregnancy to reduce the risk of complications and future issues as much as possible.

In this video, Physiotherapist Meghan Stephenson shares her best tips for pregnant women to modify the way you do many common daily activities to help minimise the risk of experiencing post-birth urinary incontinence, abdominal separation, prolapse, back pain, and ongoing pelvic pain.

These changes can help protect your abdominals and pelvic floor, along with your back and hips.

While this certainly doesn't guarantee that you won't experience any issues post-birth, it can help you reduce the likelihood and severity of these common conditions.

As always, I hope this helps!

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[theinsidermom]

Yes! 🌟Exercise and moving properly during pregnancy is crucial. Postpartum exercise that focuses on the core and pelvic floor while also addressing issues related to diastasis is also super necessary. Sounds like a great program.

[christinecallahan]

That stroller handle tip is awesome - just walked my daughter to daycare and it felt completely different

[BeyondBirthingPelvicFloorPT]

Thank you for bringing awareness about this topic Emma! Not a lot of people know how to properly protect their pelvic floor and core in pregnancy. The technique Meghan showed to get in and out of bed can also be used postpartum (especially after a C-section). Great video!

[MirwenAnareth]

Meghan is awesome! I follow her channel closely and do all her workouts. I love the way she explains stuff and her workouts feel really good. Also she's the only one I've found so far who includes all sorts of exercises - not just one type for stretching/strengthening, but also e.g. cardio. I'm so grateful for what she does.

[nancymjimenez]

Love this workout, thanks a lot! Ended super sweaty and feeling like I can go for another one at 37 weeks!

[sammibudd]

33 weeks here and the roll to get out of bed usually works (have to work around my giant pregnancy pillow as well, it dows its job a little too well!), love the tips for picking up your toddler! Thank you!

[samanthafredricks]

This video is so great! Thank you for sharing it!

[daddialthy]

I just started having this horrible pelvic pain. This video is helping me to realize I’ve been doing a lot of things wrong! Thanks for the video!

[taehalee]

I am 21 weeks with my first child. I have been struggling with sciatica pain for a few weeks now and this video has definitely helped! 😊

[rachelD]

I had been having some back pain as I got bigger in these last 2-3 weeks. The other day I coughed and I felt a sharp pain and then two days later I had to call an ambulance because I couldn’t move or get out of bed due to severe spasms that were so sharp. This was
Extremely painful and made it hard to get a good breath, turns out I guess I sprained something in my back in the left side. Never had this issue before in my previous pregnancies. This pregnancy has been such a rollercoaster for me, now I need to bed rest 😢 also go prescribed some pain meds. I don’t like taking them but the pain is bad

[Mrs.Laetitia]

I have been thinking of this all week. Thank you for making this video. I'll go back to this frequently ❤❤

[hellyeah_ellajane]

I’d love if this became a series to address specifically mentioned issues from the comments. My biggest one is static standing while cooking/doing dishes/waiting in line, etc.
I’ve been standing with one leg elevated on a stool (or the cart if we’re at a store) but as my belly gets bigger, I experience so much discomfort and dizziness while standing for long-ish durations of time.

[moniquecrawford]

I learned the leg roll from my chiropractor. It definitely made a difference, would have been nice to know how to hold my toddler when i was pregnant though, he was 14kg in my 3rd trimester and still in a cot. Wasnt fun trying to pick him up haha.

[Ch.Motherhood]

This was so helpful being 14 weeks pregnant

[MacyRayMarie]

Glad I found this video :) I’m 8 weeks and have been taking movements slower so as to reduce discomfort in every day life. I’ll be more cautious and use these tips from here on out. Thanks ladies!!!

[betzyberumen]

Definitely going to the exercise channel thank you!!

[addys]

Thanks! However it would help if you had a sign that said “DON’T” for the poses you’re NOT supposed to do because it’s a little unclear :/

[Samantha-jeiw]

Thank you! I just need this being 22 weeks pregnant

[FreyaWhite-ji]

I was depressed for a long time, and I looked so useless and bad. This music helps me relieve fatigue and stress

[lidiiayakovleva]

Thank you! I am 32 weeks pregnant and it has become somewhat challenging to find comfortable positions