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The pelvic floor muscles may weaken due to aging, pregnancy and vaginal childbirth, injury, surgery, chronic cough, or lack of exercise. If the pelvic floor is weak, your bladder and other pelvic organs may sag out of place. The urethra may also open too easily and allow urine to leak out. Kegel exercises can help you strengthen your pelvic floor muscles so they can better support the pelvic organs and control urine flow.

Gestational diabetes is diabetes that happens only during pregnancy. Changes that occur in your body during pregnancy cause your blood sugar (glucose) to be too high. This can cause problems for the baby and for you.

A blood glucose screening tests for gestational diabetes. Learn about who is at risk for this condition, what happens during a screening, what to know if you test positive, and how to treat it.

A nebulizer is a device that delivers medicine directly to the lungs. It turns medicine into a fine mist. Your child breathes the mist in through a mask or a mouthpiece. To help your child use their nebulizer, follow the steps below.

An incentive spirometer is a handheld device that helps you do deep breathing exercises. Learn how to use it with these step-by-step instructions.

Ask your healthcare provider which sports and exercises are best for you. Here is a picture that shows many fun activities. Circle the sports you enjoy or would like to try.

If you have asthma, you can enjoy sports if you know how to do them safely. Here is how to put safety first.

You can learn how to help control your asthma. One way is to learn about the things that make you have flare-ups. You can also learn how to know when a flare-up is on the way. The more you know, the easier it will be to control your asthma.

Use this fun sheet to find your asthma triggers.