Birth prep exercises

• Built to Birth - prenatal & postnatal fitness, birth courses, and more

• MamasteFit - prenatal & postnatal fitness, birth courses, and more

• The Vagina Whisperer - pelvic floor strengthening classes

• “Daily activities to prepare for birth”

• “Exercises to prepare for natural childbirth”

• The Miles Circuit - exercises that may help position baby for birth and speed up labor

• Strength training / weight lifting

  • “Weight lifting during pregnancy”

• Breathing exercises

  • Expectful app and website — guided meditations for pregnancy

  • HypnoBirthing

  • Built to Birth hypnobirthing class with guided meditations

• Prenatal yoga

  • “What you need to know about prenatal yoga” from Mayo Clinic

  • Local providers

    • Folk (SF)

    • Brilliant Births (Berkeley)

    • The Nesting Spot (San Jose)

    • SF Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga directory

• Prenatal massage

  • “Prenatal massage benefits and safety” from Cleveland Clinic

  • Local providers

    • East-West Integrative Medicine Clinic (SF & Oakland)

    • Baby Your Back (San Jose)

    • K.O. Massage (Palo Alto)

    • Allay (SF)

• Perineal massage

  • Further information & instructions

• Acupuncture / acupressure

  • “Should you try acupuncture during pregnancy?”

  • Local providers

    • Lokahi Acupuncture (San Jose)

    • Annie Wang Acupuncture (Los Altos)

    • Many Lives Chinese Medicine (Redwood City)

    • Nest Acupuncture & Wellness Center (SF)

    • Blue Ova Health (SF)

• Chiropractic

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