London - Yoga could be a way of preventing complications in pregnancy.
New research shows that women who had hourly sessions of yoga three times a week were less likely to have pregnancy-related high blood pressure and diabetes. They also had significantly fewer low-weight babies.
In the study, reported in Preventive Medicine, 68 high-risk pregnant women were allocated to either yoga or standard care (where they were given lifestyle and healthy eating advice). The yoga group received standard care plus one-hour yoga sessions, three times a week.
Just how it works for pregnancy-related problems is not clear, but the researchers say that previous studies have shown that yoga encourages relaxation, which may reduce high blood pressure and inflammation. - Daily Mail