Momma Baby Postures

What makes us feel secure? We feel safe when we have a comfort zone. We tend to stress out when we get lost or get exposed to unfamiliar places. A pregnant mommy faces the change in her weight and body shape day by day. Even if she sits on the same chair, she gets puzzled and confused, not knowing how to sit to stabilise the body, as her sitting state keeps changing. It becomes her habit that she always gets tense and fixes the body to sit. Even more, she has to struggle with the over-stretched muscles due to the change in body shape. Things wear out faster. Her muscles get weakened and lose the appropriate balance on the pelvic floor. These disadvantages increase her tension by eagerly finding some place to feel safe. While she is searching for a better environment for sitting, her muscles are clotted with strains. As her weakened muscles become over strained, aches, numbness, and inflexibility are derived from the unreasonable muscle strains that wreak havoc in her body. If an appropriate postural device is used, the woman can find a comfortable sitting position for the pelvis, back, and the rest of the body. If the optimum sitting position is used prior to childbirth, then it can minimize issues with the pelvis, for life, as well as speeding up post-natal recovery. We have begun to learn that the mother’s posture affects her baby’s posture too. The baby can get a natural, symmetrical alignment through her mother’s comfortable sitting position with a support from the back rest, which allows her to stretch herself nicely without effort. In the virtuous cycle of best alignment, we can see the smiles of happy mommies and happy babies.