Getting strong buttock muscles will do your pelvis and lower back a world of good as you progress through your pregnancy. Your buttock muscles are the main power house for pelvis and lower back support. As you get more of the hormone relaxin released into your bloodstream to prepare your body for labour, the stability of your lower back and pelvis will rely more and more heavily on the strength of your buttocks. It’s inevitable your core will become more non-existent in those latter stages of pregnancy (a sad but true reality ladies), but you can work on making your buttocks stronger to positively compensate for this. So don’t be afraid to do some weight training, lots of squats, split-squats, clams, speed-skaters, hip bridges and walking. We will talk in more depth about these exercises in another blog post, and we've some great videos on our IGTV to help with this. Some pelvic floor exercises and deep breathing exercises will also help to maintain as much strength as possible in the top (diaphragm) and bottom (pelvic floor) of your core. You can superset these with your buttock exercises to create mini workouts.