The bottom square of LH called MOBILISE is aimed at helping you achieve OFP.
4 activities for 20 mins per activity and you should aim to do as many as possible if not all daily. 20 mins is a guide but you should try and go for as long as possible.
Sideways on the stairs/ or walk on the kerb and on the road
Lunges
Pelvic tilts
Deep squats.
When can you start this?
Once your scan is over, and you have been told all is well here, then you should start your training.
Download an Antenatal booklet from the Community midwives section of the NMH website. This shows you all the positions you should be doing daily and are on the Labour Hopscotch, mainly the bottom square as we have mentioned above.
Stick to the diet plans the calorie intakes and the ways of preventing gestational diabetes and anaemia. These will help with your training.
If you are sitting at a desk or commuting you should have yourself tilted, ie your pelvis tilted on a sloped cushion. Imaging sitting on a half blown up football. Or a kneeling stool is preferable at desk jobs. If it is feezable you could sit on your birthing ball at your desk, make sure it has the correct amount of pressure in it for holding you while pregnant.
When following LH the squares that follow on from the mobilise square are aimed at keeping you mobile and moving towards babies feet at the top. You can move up and down as you wish or stay on a square that you feel is working for you.
Your partner should be involved in the process with you and they should be the time keeper and have the next station ready for you before you have time to think. They are you trainer and motivator. It is important that they use initiaes to have stations prepared at home to keep you distracted.
Labour will start spontaneously if your babies head is in the pelvis, firstly low enough, then if it is in the correct position and finally if it hits off the cervix. These triggers are what help initiate labour spontaneously without intervention or induction. So it is important you do these positions religiously to help yourself get into labour on time.
