Kegals- am I the only one?

kenyakeetah

Who is finding it hard not to remember to do them but to do them in general. If I go pee I can if I concentrate hard stop the pee mid flow but to be honest when going to the bathroom stopping is the last thing on my mind. So I try to do them while sitting or whatever and I can not do it! I dont know how to find and use those muscles at all. I did a prenatal yoga video yesterday and the girls like now for kegals and talked about holding first the lower then the middle then the upper and releasing.  I tried, I failed, I also have no idea what she is talking about

Am I the only hopeless case when it comes to these? Am I doomed come laber and recovery if I just dont do them?

 

EMLYNNLERETTE

I hope you aren't doomed because if you are- I am too!!  I can do them (or I think I can) but I have no idea about uppers and lowers??  I don't do them because I don't remember, but also because I just don't care!  How many women in the past do I think did kegals?  Probably not very many.  I am eating healthy and exercising daily.  If that isn't enough to get me through labor, I am not going to know until that day comes anyway and oh well!

cvl105

eh, I don't do them.

Syncronicity09

I thought it was funny that my Kegel alarm went off on my phone while I was reading you r post!

I noticed it gets easier the more I do them. You must be doing the Shiva Rea video. I try to do it like the video form time to time, it is definitely harder but I am getting the hang of it. Keep up the hard work and I bet you will see a difference.

Amaya84

It takes time to develop them. Once they are developed well, you might understand what they mean. If you don't it doesn't really matter. 

When you do them, u want to try to pull all your vaginal muscles etc tight.  Up high as you can (about the pelvic bone). If you simply do not understand what I mean....try to squeeze your husband tight and hold the next time you have an intimate encounter. 

Birdies08

I am at a loss for what lower, middle, and upper could mean! I thought I read/heard somewhere that you can't do them wrong- I'm not sure if that's true, but it makes me feel better about what I am doing. It's also easier for me to think about what muscles I would clench if I have to pee, not to stop the stream (which you really aren't supposed to do anyway). Also, when I was trying to figure them out, I found it helped to put a finger in my vagina and make sure that I could feel the tightening. Obviously you aren't going to do that every time, but it made me feel more like I knew what I was doing.

Even if I'm doing them wrong, I'm certainly strengthening some muscle!  

jcasey456

I didn't do them last time and I made it through labor I'm doing them on and off this time just for the heck of it though. It can't hurt to try. 

How long do you do it for each day? 

Syncronicity09

Birdies08:

I am at a loss for what lower, middle, and upper could mean! I thought I read/heard somewhere that you can't do them wrong- I'm not sure if that's true, but it makes me feel better about what I am doing. It's also easier for me to think about what muscles I would clench if I have to pee, not to stop the stream (which you really aren't supposed to do anyway). Also, when I was trying to figure them out, I found it helped to put a finger in my vagina and make sure that I could feel the tightening. Obviously you aren't going to do that every time, but it made me feel more like I knew what I was doing.

Even if I'm doing them wrong, I'm certainly strengthening some muscle!  

The workout video I use has you imagine a building with multiple floors. You flex the muscles and hold, then clench tighter, imagining going up a "floor" and then hold, then do it one more time imaging a 3rd floor. Then you slowly release going back down the 3 "floors." I am pretty sure that is what OP is referring to.

MommaA117

I don't do them either. Every so often when I see them mentioned here I will do a few. Haha

court2211

MrsPrevost:

I thought it was funny that my Kegel alarm went off on my phone while I was reading you r post!

I noticed it gets easier the more I do them. You must be doing the Shiva Rea video. I try to do it like the video form time to time, it is definitely harder but I am getting the hang of it. Keep up the hard work and I bet you will see a difference.

Holy crap there is a video on how to do them? I must be really out of the loop! haha

Syncronicity09

court2211:

MrsPrevost:

I thought it was funny that my Kegel alarm went off on my phone while I was reading you r post!

I noticed it gets easier the more I do them. You must be doing the Shiva Rea video. I try to do it like the video form time to time, it is definitely harder but I am getting the hang of it. Keep up the hard work and I bet you will see a difference.

Holy crap there is a video on how to do them? I must be really out of the loop! haha

lol, its actually a prenatal yoga video that incorporates kegels into some of the poses!

kenyakeetah

Thanks everyone, you made me feel way better about my kegels. I think Ill try your advice on how to do them some of your posts really made it a lot clearer on what I should be focusing on but still. I dont think I am too worried if I can't get it

kbel424

I wasn't doing them at all, and then this past week I was really sick with a bad cold and cough. Sometimes I would cough so hard that I'd have to work hard not to pee my pants, and one time I actually peed a tiny drop....uh, I've never ever had this issue in my life before being pregnant. So now I'm trying to do them so that I don't pee my pants every time I sneeze at work later in 3rd tri!

raeg13

You are definitely not the only one!  I have tried them several times, but I've heard that if your butt or abs tense than you are doing it wrong and I can't do it without using those muscles too!  I also can't seem to do it without holding my breath because I am concentrating so hard on trying to do the right muscles.  I can only imagine what my face looks like when I attempt them!