Balance and Bolly .... creating the ideal hammock for your bump!

This is the second in a series of Daisy podcasts designed to help existing Daisy Birthing® class mums practise their newly acquired birthing skills but also to allow mums-to-be who are new to us, to give us a try!

In our first episode which went live on 19th January, Daisy Radio is here!, we worked on the importance of breathing and how to link the breath to a birth visualisation.

Here in this second episode, we think about one of the fundamentals underpinning our Lazy Daisy classes - bringing symmetry and balance to your uterus and your pelvic floor.  Why?  Well to help your baby move more easily into the ideal position for birth (torsions in the uterus can prevent this and hold baby posterior or breech) and to help you feel more comfortable in your back and abdominal area!

Some of you may have read about our ethos and the hidden birth muscles, like the psoas and the piriformis, in February 2012 edition of Practical Parenting & Pregnancy magazine.  This broadcast will really help you understand why we talk so much about using movements to lengthen the psoas muscles and to work on the piriformis, and why these muscles are so relevant to labour.

This really is a case of gentle lengthening and this is why so many Daisy mums will attend 2 or even 3 blocks of our classes in succession (as well as for the friends and relaxation of course!)

Learn to stand correctly, to identify a tight piriformis (this held my 5th baby breech!) and how to relax from the origin of your psychological psoas muscles, using your newly learned birth breath!  Also enjoy fantastic rotates to dilate, with our much loved ripple affirmation - you may have watched ODBBEM mum Jess talking about these this week in her video diary!ODBBEM - One Daisy Baby Born Every Minute! Episode 2

And finish it all by working those hips to our fab bolly birth vibe!

I hope you enjoy this broadcast (remember, if you feel any dizziness or discomfort, stop for a while and report any worries to your midwife).

Remember to allow the Track to full buffer (you will notice the bar changing colour) before you play .... allow a few seconds for this to happen!

We'd love to know what you think of these broadcasts and whether you have been caught out doing the bolly bump moves!