I use a yoga ball to sit on instead of chairs whenever possible because it can help with my posture and baby positioning. I did it last time, but now I have a different ball and it is feeling off. Is it supposed to be that my knees aren't above my hips? Are they supposed to make a 90 degree angle?
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I did that when I was pregnant with my LO too, I give that ball credit for only having to push for an hour
I never paid attention to where my knees were though, I just did what was comfortable for me.
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@glimmersnaps: @artbee: I like the idea of a yoga ball. When did you start using it? Is there a too early, or too late?
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@Illumina Both pregnancies I've started feeling really uncomfortable sitting at around the start of the third trimester. Some women really like sitting on them during labor too, but I didn't want to sit on anything. I did use it during labor to drape my body over it while kneeling and rocking back and forth. I've also used one to soothe a crying newborn in the absence of a rocking chair. They're pretty great
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@illumina: I learned about it in my childbirth class that I took during my third trimester so I started then.
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At our childbirth class, the instructor said you should be seated so your hips were above your knees - so something more than a 90" angle. The size of the ball and your height will make a difference, so that might be why it feels different this time?
I never paid attention to where my knees were though, I just did what was comfortable for me.
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