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Core Work during Pregnancy and Postpartum
Exercise After Pregnancy, Exercise During Pregnancy
I definitely think a person’s core is one of the ‘hardest’ hit areas during pregnancy. You are literally being stretched out from the inside and it becomes more and more challenging to work your core muscles as your pregnancy progresses. I remember thinking that after...
CrossFit and Pregnancy
This is a controversial topic, not only because CrossFit (CF) is generally a controversial topic but because doing CrossFit while pregnant brings out even more opinions about what is safe and unsafe during pregnancy. Much of this controversy has been fueled by women...
5 Essential Stretches for Pregnant Women and New Moms
Exercise After Pregnancy, Exercise During Pregnancy
Pregnancy is hard on our bodies in many ways. The extra weight women carry in front also causes the body to compensate in many ways. As pregnancy continues and women become even larger, many movements become more difficult and there is less mobility, balance suffers...
5 Things I Changed Immediately During My Workouts When I Found Out I was Pregnant
Finding out you are pregnant is exciting and joyous but also can be nerve-racking and fill many with fear. It took us so long to get pregnant that I was of course overjoyed but also pretty scared. As I have mentioned in some previous blogs, working out during...
Losing the Last 5-10 lbs of Stubborn Baby Weight
Your body goes through a huge amount of changes over the 40 weeks of pregnancy. Many of these changes are hormonal. These hormonal ups and downs change again with delivery, then again with breastfeeding and lastly with weaning. Prolactin is a hormone produced by the...
Can I Lose Weight While Breastfeeding?
The simple answer to this question is yes, but there are a few things to be considered which I will discuss throughout this post. Many women believe that breastfeeding helps them lose some of the baby weight while others do not notice a huge difference. I, like many...