Keep the intensity, lose the impact
Unless you have particular medical concerns or require a specific exercise program during pregnancy, your doctor or midwife will likely tell you to “keep doing what you’re been doing, as long as it feels good.” My first and second pregnancies were very different. During my first pregnancy, I was a cardio queen. I taught Zumba…
Read MoreKim: my pelvic floor experience, 6 months in
Once I had my baby girl, I naively believed my struggle with pregnancy-related exercise issues was over. Sure, I knew there was a period of postpartum healing, but I had faced the challenges of getting pregnant, I had survived the hideous sciatica and not being able to run once I hit 6 months, and (best…
Read MoreThe Tupler technique
Weekly physical therapy sessions since P’s birth have been a serious blessing. It started off because of my mild prolapse symptoms -which ended up being attributed to my healing from an incomplete repair, which I’ll be having surgery to remedy- but I’ve continued the physical therapy for a variety of situations following the birth. To…
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