Learning how to release and relax through your core during pregnancy is extremely important for properly strengthening your deep core, preventing diastasis recti and preparing your body for labor, delivery and recovery postpartum. I see women all the time trying so hard to activate their pelvic floor that they end up gripping in their glutes or sucking their belly to…
As a Birth Doula, I love a well-timed call to let me know that my client has lost her mucus plug! Just, me? Okay moving on! This is one of the first signs of true labor and a great indication that the baby will be arriving soon. However, I use the term “soon” loosely as it can still be a…
Ladies, I am a huuuuge fan of mixing up your movement practice during pregnancy. I mean we all know how pregnancy goes, one day you want to eat the whole jar of pickles and the next you can barely stand the smell of them! What I’m saying is our body craves variety when it comes to movement and during pregnancy,…
As a prenatal exercise specialist, hundreds of women come to me to help them in decreasing their aches and pains. *I work with neck pain…hip pain…and that all too common low back pain.* So, I’m going to share with you 3 exercises to get rid of back pain, sciatica pain and hip pain during pregnancy. These movements are great for…
Single leg booty reaches are a great exercise to do during pregnancy because they help to strengthen the booty, hips and keep pain out of the low back! I recommend using a chair for these to help support your body during this movement. Let’s get started!! Lightly activate your pelvic floor Bring your left leg up and through, keeping your…
Listen closely ladies: postpartum recovery is not limited to one year after having your baby. I know so many of us are convinced that you are no longer considered postpartum after one year of having baby. AND some of you even strive to reach that one-year mark because it’s thought that all postpartum symptoms will just go away. I mean, that would just make our…
Let’s start toning arms while pregnant! Listen, we know that pregnancy is full of changes, so we are here to help you through those postural shifts, minimize your neck pain and say bye-bye to low back pain. But before we get started, the number one thing that we want you to remember when performing these movements is to lightly connect…
Do you ever look down at your bump and ask yourself how you are going to be able to do lifting during pregnancy when you can’t even see the floor? Don’t let your bump hold you back! That bump can seem to be in the way of a lot of things, but through this 2-minute video, you are going to…
