Planning a pregnancy, currently pregnant or in the early stages of parenting? The Nurture RVA Birth and Baby Fair brings together expecting and new families with the care providers, businesses, and organizations that serve families during this exciting and challenging life transition. This year’s Nurture Birth & Baby Fair promised an amazing mix of passionateContinue reading “Nurture RVA Birth & Baby Fair 2017”
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“Why do I still look pregnant?”
Scenario . . . A new mom has given birth to a healthy baby boy. She is about 6 weeks post-delivery and has been able to lose her pregnancy weight fairly quickly . . . all except for that stubborn stomach area that seems to just poke out. She feels like she is severalContinue reading ““Why do I still look pregnant?””
STOP! Check that belly before doing those crunches
Did You Know? 36% of postpartum women will discover they have a separation of their stomach muscles. If you want to flatten out that post-delivery mummy tummy, you should go straight to the gym for a rigorous regimen of abdominal exercises, right? Wrong! Diastasis recti could be the cause of that rounded, pregnant-looking and evenContinue reading “STOP! Check that belly before doing those crunches”
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