Do These Exercises to Relieve Gas During Pregnancy

by Prapti Chauhan Prapti Chauhan

Gas or constipation is the most common pregnancy symptom, which might make you feel uncomfortable. So, there are some 6 game-changing activities effective for releasing gas or constipation during pregnancy.

1. Child Pose: With this pose, you can open the abdominal area, and can further stretch the back area, thus releasing the gas that is trapped inside you. While doing this activity, you can start walking like a child in all four limbs. Slowly and steadily move your hands forward, keep your body backward, and your forehead towards the ground. Try to hold yourself in this position for at least one to five minutes.

2. Twisted Pose: While you do the twisted pose, you need to twist your entire body quite firmly to release the gas. You can either stand with your feet apart and twist your torso to release the gas, or you can sit with your legs stretched legs and twist the torso to gently release your gas.

3. Forward Fold: Keep your abdominal muscles stretched comfortably as you do this exercise and try to bend forward as much as you can and touch your toes, creating a pathway for gas to move and move out of your body.

4. Standing Forward Fold: As you do this exercise, keep your legs apart, and try to bend from the waist. While you do this exercise keep your back straight, and put your hands towards the floor. If, by chance, your hands don’t reach the floor, put your hands on the yoga mat. You can alternatively, hang your head freely and take a few deep breaths.

5. Seated Spinal Twist: Twists help. Twists can stimulate the digestive system and can help to move trapped gas, providing relief. Sit on the floor, while you do this exercise. Bend one of the knees and put its foot outside of the opposite thigh. Use your opposite arm or elbow for leverage as you turn your torso toward the bent knee, thus relieving gas.

6. Pelvic Tilts: As you do this exercise, your core muscles are strengthened and intestine movements happen smoothly. You’d have to begin doing this exercise by lying down with your knees bent and keeping your feet flat on the mat. However, keep your abs muscles tight.

Besides doing the above-mentioned exercises, take up a few home remedies. Try to avoid those food and drinks that causes your stomach to pain and bloat. For instance, avoid carbonated drinks, oily food, and vegetables like beans, cabbage, and dairy products. Try to drink lukewarm water in the morning.

However, if you, somehow, get side effects like diarrhoea, stomach pain, headache, nausea you might have to consult the healthcare provider immediately. Gas during pregnancy is very irritating and challenges, just like the other pregnancy challenges of swelling, headache, etc, but it is absolutely harmless.

As you embrace your motherhood, you can’t but deny these pregnancy challenges.

Happy pregnancy to you!