Filed under: health, health and fitness, pregnancy | Tags: birthball, postnatal, postpartum, pregnancy exercise
Hi Everyone,
This is to let you know that our top selling ‘Birthball -Handbook’ is now available in an e-book version, so those of you outside the UK can enjoy the benefits too!
The book includes easy to follow pregnancy, postnatal, and advanced exercises, and a whole load of other birthball advice and instruction.
Also included are our 8 super secrets for losing your baby weight fast, and for a limited time we also have some other great bonuses, so check it out at www.birthball-handbook.com
Filed under: health, health and fitness, pregnancy | Tags: pelvic floor, pregnancy, pregnancy exercise
All women should perform pelvic floor exercises regularly, but it’s particularly important both during pregnancy and post pregnancy. Strong pelvic floor muscles can aid in childbirth, and also prevent or minimize embarrassing leaks when laughing, coughing, sneezing or lifting (stress incontinence is a billion dollar industry!). Pelvic floor exercises are also known as kegels, so if you’ve heard that name and wondered what it meant, now you know!
Your pelvic floor is made up of a sling of 3 muscles that connect the pubic bone at the front to the ’sitting bones’ at the side and the tailbone at the back. This serves as a support structure for the contents of the abdomen and pelvis, including the bowel, uterus, and bladder. The extra weight of your growing baby makes these muscles work even harder and keeping them strong can help prevent incontinence and prolapse, and also aid in the birthing process. For these reasons pelvic floor exercises should be started as early as possible in the pregnancy.
To continue reading this article and learn the best exercises click here
Mark
Filed under: health, health and fitness | Tags: postnatal, postpartum, pregnancy, pregnancy exercise, pregnancy fitness
We all know (don’t we?) that by and large (pardon the pun) ladies who exercised during their pregnancies get back in shape that much quicker after the birth. However, with the economic climate the way it is, not everyone wants to be forking out for a gym membership.
Well that’s not a problem if you still have your birthball!
The Essential Exercise and Birthball Handbook for Pregnancy and Beyond’ tells you exactly how to tone your muscles up after baby.
It includes a ton of pictures and simple instructions of exercises you can do either with baby or without.
You also get a 20 minute DVD ‘A simple guide to Pelvic Floor and core exercises’ along with 8 super secrets for losing you baby weight fast.
And you get it all for just £9.99!
Just click on the image to find out more
Healthy Regards
Mark
Filed under: health, health and fitness | Tags: fitness, health, postnatal, postpartum, pregnancy exercise, pregnancy fitnes, pregnancy fitness
This is a pregnancy & postnatal exercise blog and I set it up to give good and practical advice and not to do blatant advertising for The Miracle Box, but I do want to make all mums to be aware of this product. Based around a high quality birth/exercise ball, the Miracle Box gives you lots of extras such as pregnancy and postnatal exercise charts with great quality images and professional instructions. Most midwives will recommend you get yourself a birth ball because they can help you get baby in the correct position for the birth and cut down on your time in labour (and their time at work), but there is so much more you can do with them such as get your figure back afterwards!
This is what midwife Vicky Feeney from www.liverpoolindependentmidwives.co.uk has to say.
“I recommend birth balls to all of my clients. They are great antenatally to aid posture and balance as well as being ideal to use during exercise. During labour they can be used in several ways as a means of support and to open the pelvis up to its widest diameter. I carry one for myself as a midwife in labour to sit on to ease my tired back! ” Vicky Feeney
Filed under: health, health and fitness | Tags: fitness, health, postnatal, postpartum, pregnancy exercise, pregnancy fitness
Hi Everyone, I’m Mark Hibbitts, the pregnancy & postnatal exercise consultant for The Miracle Box.
This aim of this blog is to give you up to date information on exercise and fitness during pregnancy and the postnatal period. There are tremendous benefits to be had from exercise both during pregnancy and afterwards. These include greater self-esteem, easier births, and a quicker return to your pre-pregnancy shape. However, all cases are different, and there are several contra-indications to pregnancy exercise, so while we can help with advice, it is important that you consult with your doctor or midwife before starting any pregnancy exercise programme.
Healthy Regards
Mark
