“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”

Healthy Bladder Habits for the Active Woman: Understanding Causes and How to Change

Healthy Bladder Habits for the Active Woman: Understanding Causes and How to Change

Empowering the Mamas

Becoming a mother is loaded with an immense amount of change, both physically and emotionally. While a woman starts a new relationship with her body, she is also creating a connection with a vastly transformed identity and a tiny little human.  Life as she knew it is no longer, and there are real feelings thatContinue reading “Empowering the Mamas”