Firstly our lifestyle in this modern world sets us up for pelvic imbalance and dysfunction. While your body is busy constantly moving you towards health, balance and well-being, the very powerful opposing force of inappropriate postural habits and daily activities can overwhelm this natural capacity causing you to get 'stuck' and experience pain in the pelvic girdle.
So the first reason to correct this issue is to avoid pain during pregnancy... this particular issue PGP (pelvic girdle pain) or SPD (symphysis pubis dysfunction) can make pregnancy into a difficult and painful experience. Turning in bed can be particularly challenging...
Here's a tip btw. If you're finding turning in bed difficult due to pelvic pain try pushing your knees together before you move so that both legs move as a single unit. This avoids the sheering movement and reduced the difficulty of this movement. However, this exercise if part of your way to avoid and/or recover from SPD / PGP so take a look and start to mobilise and balance your pelvis today!
The second reason relates to birth itself. If you have spent your pregnancy with pelvic dysfunction be it painful or not (typically those who spent a lot of time at their desks are primed for such dysfunction) you stand a greater risk of your baby being back-to-back. This means that baby is effectively facing the wrong way for birth and might not necessarily turn without assistance. Certainly, women do give birth to back-to-back babies, but it tends to be long and very painful especially in the low back.
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