cheap birth/ exercise balls at tescos

[blackteaplease]

Tescos have all of their sports kit in the half price sale and have 65cm exercise balls for £3.33.

These are exactly the same as a birth ball but much, much cheaper. I used one when pg.

I have been wondering about getting one of these, but am not actually sure what you use them for! I just have a vague notion that 'sitting on them is good for you' but not why.

A birth ball is great for building up your transverse abdominal muscles (the core muscles that go round your ribcage) as well as helping baby get in a good head down, engaged position. Sitting on them is great for posture and can really help if you get pelvic girdle pain. Our obs physio raves about them in her antenatal classes.

There is a good right up and ideas for pregnancy exercises here:
www.exercise-ball-exercises.com/birth-ball.html

Cheap balls are ok if they have a good quality valve and are unlikely to deflate but don't prioritise price over safety as you don't want you and baby to wind up in a heap on the floor when the ball deflates!

I used the tesco one every day for 2 months when pregnant and the valve was fine, didn't need reinflating at all.

I found it more comfy to sit on that than buried in the sofa towards the end of my pregnancy.

OK now I can't find this exercise ball on Tesco, having decided to get one! All I can see is this, which is £14.99. Any chance of a link, blackteaplease? Sorry to be rubbish!

Ecuse, I can't find it on tesco direct, I definitely saw it in my local store last night.

I think it's the one body brand.

I got the one in question a couple of weeks ago from tescos and it's brilliant