TOP 10 breathing exercises for pregnant women

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Shallow breathing
Pregnant women are always advised to practice breathing exercise changing with their time of pregnancy. Infact the intensity and velocity also depends on the number of their pregnancy. Pregnant women can either be in the same position with your knees bend or you can stand erect with your back straight and feet parallel to each other. Now open your mouth wide and breathe, this will be a good exercise for your lungs and practice it for maximum 5 minutes in a day.

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  Stomach breathing
  Stomach or belly breathing constitutes sitting in a very comfortable place with cross-folded legs. Relax your entire body smoothly. Keep one of your hands beneath the belly and other above it. Keep breathing deeply. Breathe deep from your lower abdomen and fill the belly with fresh air and keep counting. Do not exhale fast. Keep everything slow and steady. However, do this for 10 minutes twice every day.
  

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  Chest breathing
  Chest breathing focuses on bringing air in through your chest, as opposed to your stomach. To practice chest breathing, stand up straight with your feet parallel to one another. Place your hands on your chest, and breathe in through your nose for a count of 8. Feel your hand moving away from you as your lungs expand. Then, release this breath through your nose for the same length of time you took the breath in.
  

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  Alternative deep breathing
  Lay down, sit, or standing up, as long as you can easily fill your lungs with oxygen. Take a deep breath in and out through your nose, counting to 8 on both the inhale and the exhale. Then, open your mouth wide and take quick, shallow breaths to a count of five. Repeat this process five times.
  

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  Ujjayi breathing
  It is an eternal part of yoga and can be performed on regular basis for better results as few yogic breathing techniques during pregnancy help the overall development of your baby. It also boosts the energy levels of the body that will keep you active with no mood swings. You need to sit in a normal yoga asana, and breathe in and breathe out. While breathing keep your mouth closed while you breathe in, the air should make the hissing voice and while breathing out, put some pressure on the throat and it should make the sound of the ocean.