Caution should be taken when practicing Upward Facing Dog and Cobra during pregnancy. Cobra is a position you may want to avoid as soon as you know you are pregnant. Any pressure directly on the abdomen is best avoided during pregnancy, and Cobra requires you to keep your hips to the ground, which makes it impossible to do without some pressure on your stomach. Upward Facing Dog is usually safe up until a later stage of pregnancy because your pelvis should be raised off the ground. However, there may come a point during pregnancy where keeping your pelvis lifted is too difficult, or where you can’t lift yourself enough to keep pressure off your stomach. At this point, you should try other positions, instead.