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of daily hygiene ; thus, their benefits during pregnancy
will be more easily and effectively enjoyed.
These pelvic exercises are not comparable to a brief
" daily " dose of general gymnastics. They are a system, a
definite sequence, designed for one purpose, in all its links.
Therefore, they should not be " run through " consecutively
and mechanically, but a few should be chosen and performed
on each occasion and varied by slow breathing and relaxing as
aforesaid. In fact, the body should be loosened and refreshed
by such exercises and the trunk relaxed before a definite
pelvic exercise is begun. This should then be followed by a
breathing exercise, repeated several times in succession ;
then a pelvic exercise, then again breathing, and so on.
Relaxation exercises should close the series on each occasion.
