About Pregnancy & Childbirth: How to Use Your Birth Ball

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How to Use Your Birth Ball Jun 14th 2013, 08:31 When I first started working with pregnant and laboring women, a birth ball was an oddity. As it's grown in popularity you find them nearly everywhere, even in workout rooms for non-pregnant women. So the word is out - birth balls are great for labor. What I think has been slower in coming has been the use of a birth ball for other uses.  That would be things like comfort in pregnancy, exercise while pregnant and even using the ball after the baby is born for comforting the baby or getting back in shape.  Here's an article that hopefully will encourage you to try a thing or two you hadn't thought about with your birth ball. What do you do with a birth ball? Related: 5 Exercises You Can Do Right After Giving Birth 4 Great Pregnancy Exercises How to Turn a Breech Baby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Join the conversation! NEWSLETTER | PINTEREST | TWITTER FACEBOOK | GOOGLE+ | CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photo © Fotolia How to Use Your Birth Ball originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Friday, June 14th, 2013 at 08:31:52. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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