If you're pregnant and want to exercise, yoga could be for you. Besides helping a mother-to-be learn to relax and breathe better, yoga can also help women adjust to the physical demands of pregnancy, labor, birth and motherhood in general.

Overall, yoga works to calm both the mind and body by providing the physical and emotional stress relief the body needs throughout the entire pregnancy.

But before starting to exercise consult a physician and get a good yoga instructor who will help customize your yoga and remember, if you feel any discomfort, stop what your doing.

To better help you, here are some yoga poses you should avoid. Don't do back-bends, balancing or camel poses, handstands, headstands and upward bow stands.

Here's something else you could keep in mind, taking a prenatal yoga class is also a great way to meet other moms-to-be and embark on this journey together.