| Any woman who's been pregnant can attest that | | | | weight carried during the day. |
| it is a highly uncomfortable state to be in, | | | | Legs, ankles, and feet are very susceptible to |
| especially once the third trimester comes around. | | | | swelling during the third trimester of your |
| The growing belly places increasing stress on the | | | | pregnancy. Women who spend hours standing up |
| spinal cord, getting to sleep can actually become a | | | | while pregnant are twice as likely to have swollen |
| nightmare, your bowels go haywire, and ankles | | | | ankles as women who sit down most of the day. |
| and feet swell to tree trunk proportions. Of | | | | During pregnancy, tired feet and ankles can be |
| course, some women out there (those lucky | | | | extremely stressful on the body. It can feel like a |
| blessed few) sail through their pregnancy without | | | | thousand throbbing drums are beating in your legs, |
| a hitch. The rest of us, however, have to find | | | | and all you can do is dream about your couch or |
| other solutions in order to manage our discomfort. | | | | bed and lifting your legs for a very long time by |
| Ergonomics may not help reduce symptoms like | | | | the end of a long day. |
| morning sickness and heartburn, nor can it help | | | | To avoid tired feet and legs, use an anti fatigue |
| you stop craving pickles with chocolate, but it can | | | | mat at home and in the office. anti fatigue mats |
| help solve issues like sleeping comfortably, swollen | | | | filled with special gel provide excellent support for |
| ankles and feet, and spinal pain, so common during | | | | your legs and feet, and are especially effective |
| the third trimester. Once you sleep well and are in | | | | when you stand for a long period of time. Anti |
| less pain during the working day, everything | | | | fatigue mats should relieve pressure on the lower |
| seems more bearable, even your baby playing a | | | | body. This relief extends to the shoulders and |
| particularly vicious game of rugby in your belly. | | | | neck, making the day much more bearable. Anti |
| Perhaps the most important thing to concentrate | | | | fatigue mats come in all shapes and forms, from |
| on at first is sleeping well. That lump isn't very | | | | mats that are dual purpose and remove dirt at |
| comfortable by the third trimester. It is impossible | | | | entrances, to mats specifically designed for the |
| to sleep on your belly, when you sleep on your | | | | hotel business, and mats designed to be placed |
| side, your belly falls forward and sinks into the | | | | under computer chairs, providing extra support |
| mattress (painful!), and you are left with one | | | | for feet. Wherever you work during your |
| option: sleeping on your back. Less than 15% of | | | | pregnancy, it's possible to find the right anti |
| people are able to fall asleep while lying on their | | | | fatigue mat to meet your needs. |
| back. Breathing passages are more likely to get | | | | It is important to sit in a good ergonomic chair |
| clogged, causing snoring, which often wakes you | | | | that is specifically adjusted to your requirements |
| up right after you fall asleep. Most people fall | | | | and size if you work in front of a computer all |
| asleep on one side or the other. | | | | day. Doing this should relieve a lot of the pressure |
| The solution to this is a pregnancy pillow. Whether | | | | in your spine and back. A good ergonomic |
| you need a full-body sleeping bean bag or a simple | | | | keyboard and mouse will relieve the tension in the |
| bed wedge, pregnancy pillows come in many | | | | neck and shoulders, not to mention the dreaded |
| shapes and sizes to suit your needs. Their | | | | carpal tunnel syndrome (as if you really need that |
| purpose is to provide support for your belly and | | | | on top of everything?). Make sure your monitor is |
| back during sleep, which eliminates most of the | | | | adjusted properly, and that your desk is at the |
| back pain involved from sleeping in a bad position. | | | | correct height. It is difficult enough to type while |
| Cradle pillows are designed to support the neck, | | | | very pregnant without your desk being too low |
| and pregnancy cradle pillows are designed to be | | | | or too high. |
| placed under the belly while lying on your side for | | | | It is possible to work through your pregnancy in |
| support. Full length body pillows support the neck, | | | | relative comfort. If you sleep well, if your body is |
| belly, and hips while lying on your side, placing your | | | | supported properly throughout the day, and if |
| body in the best angle to sleep in. Placing a lumbar | | | | pressure is relieved from your feet and legs, you |
| back support pillow under the small of your back | | | | may be able to sail through your pregnancy just |
| when sleeping will provide the best support for | | | | like those few lucky women out there who are |
| your lower spine while sleeping on your back, | | | | always glowing with good health. |
| which relieves the stress of all that extra belly | | | | |