Top 10 End of Pregnancy Do’s and Don’ts

DO:

1. Get adjusted. Webster technique
2. Watch TV or read while sitting on dining room
   chair or facing backwards in this chair (or kneeling over birth ball, ottoman ,
   etc.  The goal is to keep your knees
   lower than hips and tummy lower than spine.
3. Spend 20 minutes 3X day on all fours, doing
   hula, and pelvic rocking
4. Last 2 weeks of pregnancy, spend a lot of time
   on all fours scrubbing floor, crawling, or other tasks.
5. Swim belly down- breast stroke, etc
6. Warm baths (visualize baby in proper position)
7. Be sure to sleep on your left side

DON’T:

1. Go on long car rides in semi reclining positions where knees are higher than hips
2. Sitting with legs crossed
3. Deep squatting (may encourage baby to engage in pelvis in mal-position)