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For some pregnant women, catching one's breath can be difficult and the condition makes it harder to talk, let alone sing. However, Beyoncé's recent performance at the 59^th annual Grammy Awards was so remarkable despite having twins and is causing headlines at present.

Although Beyoncé's performance in the recent 59^th Grammy Awards was a remarkable one, she is already advised by her doctors to refrain from performing at the Coachella in April due to her current condition as reported in NY Times.

According to Dr. Anthony Jahn, Medical Director at the Metropolitan Opera, growing babies can crowd the lungs and diaphragm of a pregnant woman making it hard to sing. The vocal chords are also often swollen and vibrate differently due to the flooding of estrogen and other hormones. To sing like how Beyoncé did during her performance at the Grammy's more effort is necessary and expecting women should exhale with force to be able to get a tune out.

Singers with a single baby or a twin like that of Beyoncé should rethink how they breathe normally, most especially while singing. Deep breathing in the abdomen is the most efficient way for singers to perform, however, pregnant women should switch to chest breathing, but can be less effective, tiring and more labor intensive.

Dr. Jhan explains that Beyoncé was breathing strategically during her performance and was expanding her lungs out to be able to compensate for the limitations that she had as a singer due to her pregnancy. Despite her condition, her talents, vocal reserves, and musical intelligence allowed her to pull-off such great performance, Cosmopolitan reports. Singing is indeed safe while pregnant but can be strenuous, tiring and exhausting for some, maybe except for Beyoncé.

Beyoncé sang "Love Drought" and "Sandcastles" from her album Lemonade and recreated some of the visuals from the "Love Drought" portion of the movie. This was also her first performance after announcing her pregnancy early February 2017.