Pregnancy experts share top self-care tips for women during coronavirus pandemic
Given that it’s important to keep levels of anxiety down throughout your pregnancy, breathing exercises are a great place to start if you’re feeling panicked by the current situation.In former TOWIE star Lauren Pope’s latest Yahoo UK pregnancy video episode, the 37-year-old chats with doula, Beccy Hands and midwife, Alexis Stickland, owners of The Mother Box and writers of The Little Book Of Self-Care For New Mums, about ways we can practice self-care in our own homes.Pope, who is currently practicing hypnobirthing, says she’s encouraged to “breathe in through your nose for four seconds and then breathe out through your mouth for eight seconds.”“That long, slow, glorious out breath is where we release oxytocin,” Stickland explains, saying