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PAGE The Exercises of the Abdominal Muscles must be Correctly- Graded .......... 100 Especial Need for Individual Attention and Adaptation . . 100 Care during Early Months ; Risk of Miscarriage . . . 101 Care during Later Months ; Risk of Premature Labour . . 102 Different Needs and Symptoms in Primiparae and Multiparas . 102 Kustner's Question : Should Pregnant Women take Part in Athletics and Games ? . . . . . .103 Indirect Exercises of the Pelvic Floor ; Some are Permissible, Some Contraindicated . . . . . . .104 The Direct Exercises of the Pelvic Floor, as described, may be Continued with Due Moderation ..... 105 Chapter XIII .......... 106 DESCRIPTION OF EXERCISES DURING PREGNANCY.* A. General Exercises . . . . . . . .106 I. Breathing Exercises : Active and Passive, Nos. 1-5 . 106-108 II. Relaxation and Suppling, Nos. 6-11 . . . 108-109 III. Exercises of the Thighs and the Abdominal and Pelvic Muscles, Nos. 12-17 ...... 110-113 Exercises Suitable for both Pregnancy and After Child- birth 113 General Exercises Suitable for the Pregnant Woman . 114 Caution Against Sudden Jerks and Shocks . . 114 B. Exercises of the Pelvic Zone . . . . . .114 References to those described in Chapter IV . . .114 Limitations and Reservations. . . . . .115 C. Exercises of the Pelvic Floor . . . . . .116 Selection of those Suitable During Pregancy . . 116-118 Caution against others ...... 116-118 Chapter XIV . . . . . . . . . .119 EXERCISES AFTER CHILD-BIRTH. Their Aims and Advantages . . . . . .119 Need for Care to Avoid Injury . . . . . .119 And for Medical Consultation . . . . . .119 Value of Some Degree of Previous Physical Culture . .120 Two Stages after Childbirth : Actual Childbed, and the Later Phases of Involution . . . . . . .120 The First Fortnight is Crucial . . . . . .120 Involution or Restoration of Pelvic and Abdominal Muscles . 120 Graded and Progressive Exercises Synchronising with Pro- gressive Organic Changes . . . . . . .121 Utility of Gradations from Complete Passivity to Resistance to Pressure .......... 121 * The exercises described in the second section of this study are num- bered separately from the pelvic exercises described in the first section.