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What it does: This exercise will give you oodles of confidence as you engage with your body’s correct posture—your posture is really knocked out of whack in pregnancy as you are compensating all the time because it’s like having a huge bag of spuds up your jumper. You have to lean back or you would fall over. Increased weight on the bust, a growing tummy—need I say more? Good posture makes you look lighter, younger and makes your boobs look even bigger. Put one of those sticky notes near the kettle to remind you to do this. If you are feeling artistic, draw a picture of a stick to remind you to keep your back straight.

1 Stand up and imagine that someone has just dropped an ice cube down the back of your shirt.

2 You automatically squeeze your shoulders together and lift your chest up.

3 While you are at it pull in your stomach muscles. Hold for several seconds, release and then repeat as many times as you need to get into the habit of always standing like this.