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Can I Exercise After the Baby is Born?

Of course you can. It’s generally advisable to wait until after the bleeding stops if you had a vaginal delivery before you start exercising. It may take longer if you had a c-section. Be sure to consult with your obstetrician/gynecologist prior to beginning your workout routine again. The first six to ten weeks of your baby’s life is going to be pretty hectic and don’t be surprised if your energy levels remain low for a while because you will be coping with sleep deprivation and healing all in one fell swoop. If you want to get started sooner, consider taking … Continue reading →

Post-Pregnancy Exercises

Gwyneth Paltrow just gave birth to baby Moses recently. I imagine, as with baby Apple before, she will recover her figure in no time at all. Paltrow, like my sister-in-law, is blessed with a great figure that little seems to disrupt. However, the other benefit that Paltrow has over the rest of us is access to some of the best fitness training on the market. They can recover their pre-pregnancy figures in short form, because they are training back to them. Well, if they can do it, why can’t we? This was the argument posed by LaReine Chabut in her … Continue reading →