Eco Pregnancy and Baby

Want to stay fit during pregnancy and get back into pre-pregnancy shape afterward? Then practice yoga — in addition to being safe and effective, it comes with surprising benefits, such as improving labor and delivery. When researchers in India compared one hour a day of yoga to one hour of walking in a study of [...]

After childbirth, yoga helps speed recovery by reversing diastasis (the separation of the abdominal wall) and by strengthening your core muscles, says Lee. It also helps you re-engage your pelvic floor muscles, which weaken during childbirth. A yoga practice before and after pregnancy also helps you connect with your baby, says Jennifer Wolfe, a prenatal [...]