When you're able to successfully start and stop urinating, or you feel the vaginal muscle contract, you are using your pelvic floor muscle, the muscle you should be contracting
during Kegel exercises.
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Kegel exercises Kegels can help prevent urine leaks
during and after pregnancy, keep hemorrhoids at bay, and improve the muscle tone of your vagina, making sex more enjoyable.
Many of the common pelvic floor
exercises that women are told to do
during pregnancy involve «tightening» or «firming» (such as
Kegels or squats).
However, unless a woman has incontinence or other pelvic floor issue caused by muscles that are too loose,
Kegels and similar
exercises should not be done routinely
during pregnancy.
During late pregnancy, continue
Kegel exercises to strengthen and elasticize your pelvic floor.
The stretching, breathing and
kegel exercises were especially helpful
during all stages of labor.
According to an expert at Greatist,
kegel exercises strengthen all of the important muscles that surround the urethra, vagina, anus, middle of the vaginal walls, and base of the bladder and cervix — the muscles that matter the most
during sexual activity.