The Miracle Box- Prenatal, Labour & Postnatal Exercise Ball Package is the complete exercise/ birthing ball package for mum to be and new mum. It contains everything you need to keep fit and active throughout you pregnancy and post labour and will even help you through your labour.
The Miracle Box Contains:
* Easy to read prenatal and postnatal exercises.
* High quality anti-burst non-slip exercise/ birthing ball for peace of mind.
* Advanced toning exercises.
* Dual action pump for quick and easy inflation.
* DVD - A simple guide to pelvic floor and core exercises.
More details:
One high quality anti-burst exercise/ birthing exercise ball plus dual action pump. The perfect ball for use in the birthing centre and to help perform those exercises to get you back in shape!. The Miracle Box Ball is safety tested by the GS Institute and is rated with a maximum load of 250kg as burst-resistant. This quality ball comes boxed complete with a hi-pressure 6" pump and is ideal for working out, for yoga, Pilates, physiotherapy or use as an ergonomic chair. Conforms to EU Medical Devices Directive. (ball colour may vary)
20 minute DVD "A Simple Guide to Training your Pelvic Floor and Core" as used in the NHS. Understand how to identify abdominal separation, perform simple core and pelvic floor exercises.
3 Exercise Wall Charts, easy to read, high quality wall charts including pregnancy/post natal exercises with baby, as well as more advanced toning/stretching exercises. Designed by specialist pre and post natal trainers Newborn Fitness.
So, If you are Pregnant why use a Birthing/Exercise Ball?
Unless there are medical reasons to avoid it, pregnant women can and should try to exercise moderately for at least 30 minutes a day, 3-4 times a week. Birthing Balls, commonly known as an Exercise Ball, Gym Ball, Swiss Ball or Fitness Balls, are great for relieving discomfort during pregnancy. They provide a firm, yet soft place to sit. They also force good posture, allowing for decreased straining of your muscles. In the short term, exercise helps you feel better physically and emotionally, and the calories burned helps prevent excessive weight gain. People who exercise regularly develop stronger muscles, bones and joints.
Using the birthing ball throughout pregnancy will keep the deep supportive muscles of the spine in shape and help stimulate postural reflexes. The birthing ball has many additional uses in the later stages of pregnancy when sitting can become very uncomfortable and getting up and down from a chair becomes increasingly hard. Pregnant woman can roll up off the ball; it's much easier than getting out of a normal chair.
For pregnant women, however, exercise has added benefits. There is evidence that exercise can help prevent gestational diabetes, a form of diabetes that sometimes develops during pregnancy.
In addition, exercise can help relieve stress and build the stamina needed for labour and delivery. It's also worth mentioning that exercise can be very helpful in coping with the postpartum period. Exercise can help new mothers keep the "baby blues" at bay, cope with postnatal depression, regain their energy and lose the weight they gained during pregnancy.
In studies on maternal position during the second or pushing stage of labour, it has been found that either sitting up or lying on the side to push instead of lying on the back resulted in:-
* Shorter second stage of labour
* A reduction in assisted deliveries (vacuum and forceps)
* A reduction in episiotomies
* A smaller increase in second-degree perineal tears
* Reduced reporting of severe pain during second stage of labour
* Fewer abnormal foetal heart rate patterns
What size Exercise/Birthing Ball do I require?
The suggested ball size is related to your height. This is so that when you sit on the ball (when correctly inflated to the indicated size) your knees are positioned slightly lower than your hips. The recommended ball/height size is as follows:
Height 5'5"/165cms and under - 55cm Exercise/ Birthing Ball
Height 5'6"/167.5cms - 6'1"/185.5cms - 65cm Exercise/ Birthing Ball
The Miracle Box comes compactly boxed and makes a great all round gift.
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