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Exercising After a C-Section
Figuring out when and how to start exercising after having a baby is tricky — especially if you’re recovering from a C-section. Here are eight tips to consider.
How to Strengthen Your Pelvic-Floor Muscles
Strengthen your pelvic-floor muscles with these two simple exercises.
Bye-Bye, Baby Weight
Celebrity moms make it look effortless, but dropping post-delivery pounds can be challenging. Here's what to expect, what to do, and how to cope.
What to Know About Postpartum Exercise
During the "fourth trimester," it's important to respect your body's recovery time and ease back into a fitness routine.
How to Exercise in Your Third Trimester
If you stay active and support your body's needs, you'll improve your mindset prior to labor and boost your chances of a smoother postpartum recovery.
How to Exercise in Your Second Trimester
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Continue to strengthen areas of your body that will support you during and after pregnancy — but beware of pushing too hard.
How to Exercise in Your First Trimester
The key? Respecting early symptoms of pregnancy and being willing to adapt.
How to Exercise When You’re Pregnant
These guidelines and training tips for prenatal and postpartum fitness can help keep you strong and safe through pregnancy and beyond.
Jessica Tobin’s Success Story
One woman shares hard-earned lessons from her postpartum recovery to help others recognize the importance of persistence, self-care, and patience.
How to Exercise Before, During, and After Pregnancy
Brooke Cates, founder of the Bloom Method, explains why innovative core exercises can help expecting and postnatal women.
What I Wish I Had Known About Exercise and Healing As a New Mom
Digital content specialist Casie Leigh Lukes shares some dos and don’ts about movement for new mothers.
3 Exercises to Keep Your Core Strong During Pregnancy
While pregnancy isn’t the time to focus on training your abs, you can still take steps to maintain your fitness and keep your midsection strong which can alleviate back pain and strengthen your pelvic floor.
Nutritional Supplements May Decrease Postpartum Blues
A trio of supplements supports brain changes in women during postpartum.
COMING CLEAN: A Bright and Uncertain Pregnancy
My midwife and doula assure me there’s a healthy baby in my belly. That’s all I know.
COMING CLEAN: Building Postpartum Body Confidence
How my toddler’s swim class has taught me to embrace my postpartum body — and swimsuit season.
5 Lessons for My Postpartum Self
The first year as a new mom has been a whirlwind. These tips would have served me well at eight weeks postpartum — and even now at 18 months.
COMING CLEAN: How Prenatal Yoga Helped Me Love My Pregnancy
Pregnancy is nine months of uncertainty, but it doesn't need to be filled with fear. What prenatal yoga taught me about finding the joy.
Expert Answers: Working Out While Pregnant
Should I temper my workouts now that I’m pregnant?
A 10-Minute Prenatal Yoga Sequence (Video)
Blooma Yoga founder Sarah Longacre guides us through a 10-minute prenatal sequence that's designed to help moms-to-be prepare for birth. Enjoy a short energizing series, followed by relaxation poses that are ideal for just before bedtime.
ESPRIT DE SHE: Prepping for My First Post-Baby 5K
Senior editor Jamie Martin shares plans for her first athletic event after the arrival of her baby girl this summer.
Yoga For Me, Yoga for Mamas
Digital initiatives manager Jamie Martin shares her journey toward becoming a prenatal yoga teacher.