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Welcome health care professionals and others with a bent for research!
Over the years, we have found that though prenatal and postnatal yoga are well accepted in the medical community, most of the health professionals we talk with have little experience with what is taught in the classroom. An emerging body of research is documenting the efficacy of exercise, yoga, diet, and psychosocial interventions during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
On this page we provide links to articles and abstracts regarding exercise, yoga, and integrative approaches for the childbearing year as we come across them.
We hope that you find these articles helpful to you in your practice. Please feel free to contact us at info@OmMama.com with suggestions or additional articles for this page.
Our newest listings are posted at the top of the list.
- Doula Support Reduces Cesarean Rate Among Middle Class Women
- Leisure time physical activity during pregnancy and preterm birth in Brazil
- The Integrative Approach to Pregnancy: an article by Tracy Gaudet, MD (.pdf)
- Prenatal Yoga?? What You Need to Know: Mary T. Jackson, MD, MBA
- Exercise in the prevention and treatment of maternal-fetal disease: a review of the literature
- Complementary and alternative medicine for low-back pain in pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey
- Efficacy of yoga in pregnant women with abnormal Doppler study of umbilical and uterine arteries
- Efficacy of yoga on pregnancy outcome
It was a practical way to spend time together bonding and preparing for the birth of our second child. We thoroughly enjoyed the workshop.
— Beth & David Gray