Most women suffer from pain in the pelvic areas during pregnancy, which makes it hard for them to move around a lot. Is there anything one needs to be concerned about or are these pains normal during pregnancy? What can one do to ease such pain?

During pregnancy, the hormones make the joints and ligaments relaxed and the pelvic area joints are more affected. So moving and changing positions in such a case cause pain in these joints and ligaments. So to some extent, these pains are considered normal.

One can ease and reduce such pain by being very active and doing pregnancy exercises by taking help from physiotherapists or yoga instructors. One can learn from them to do some particular exercises to ease the pain and these exercises can benefit a lot during pregnancy.

However, sometimes there can be severe pain where even exercises cannot help ease the pain. So in those conditions, we advise mothers to take a rest in the position that they’re comfortable in and avoid resting in positions and areas that are painful. At times, we recommend mothers to wear belly and pelvic areas supporting pregnancy belts. Using such belts can ease a lot of pain (Source : Q&A with Dr.Nira from Yoma's insta live session )