Post Pregnancy
After the birth, new challenges emerge, and this section of our website is specially designed to help you get back into shape, overcome and find help for any discomforts or physical problems, and enjoy spending time with your baby or babies. We will continue to add more tips, tools and toning ideas here, so please visit again soon.
Don't neglect your Pelvic Floor Muscl...
Written by: Freda
Freda (not her real name), would like to share her story, her comments and feelings, to let you know how important pelvic floor muscle exercises are, and to encourage you to take note now, before it is too late and problems start. (It is never too late to actually get help, but it is easier to stop a problem from happening).
Freda has 3 children, and had her first baby when she was 22 years old. She was 26 when she had her se...
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Postnatal Exercises
Written by: The Pregnancy Center
Working with your fitness instructor, physiotherapist, midwife or at home by yourself, this series of Post Natal Exercises will build up your core foundations, step by step.
Progress from one part of the program to the next as you are ready.
The age ranges serve as a guide only.
When you start the program, build up from the beginning, and work through at your own pace, as your body builds its core and inner strength.
Getting sta...
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How mums can bounce back from recent ...
Written by: Bessie Hassan
Health insurance premiums rose last month (April 2018) which means that anyone currently on an insurance policy in Australia will have been hit by a price increase at 3.95% on average.
And with family policies being hit the hardest, it’s not ideal for many policyholders. In fact, the government estimates that it could be costing families around $143 extra each year. So clearly now is an important time to learn the...
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Gifts a Mom Must Give Herself Everyda...
Written by: Simply Life
Having a child is a gift of life. Becoming a mother is an amazing experience that many women look forward to.
However, after nights of interrupted sleep, being the chauffeur of the little ones, clearing up food debris and finding out you’ve lost the original colour of the carpet after years of mud and other substances tracked through the house, a mother can sometimes forget how fruitful parenting is.
It can not only be...
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Nursing and Maternity Sports Bras
Written by: The Pregnancy Center
With more to come on this topic, finding a supportive bra suitable for breastfeeding isn't always easy. Now there is a new bra meeting this need, and we've been able to put it to the introductory level test. One of our active Mums has been testing out the Hotmilk Activate Sports Bra, in her "early" level return to fitness post baby. While she's started back at her gym, she's not yet ready to do bouncy or hig...
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