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Exercise After Baby
August 13th, 2009
Finding time to shower can be a major accomplishment when you have a newborn. But exercise speeds your recovery and helps you shed pregnancy pounds. Here’s how to fit it into your baby’s schedule.
by: Tracey Mallett
Planning Post-Natal Workouts
- Post-natal exercise speeds up the recovery process after childbirth and helps give you the energy you need to keep up with the hectic pace of caring for a newborn.
- Be patient–once you start exercising it may take a few months, or possibly longer, for you to see the results you want.
- To fit in exercise at home, create a library of workout videos that are different lengths so you're equipped when some unexpected time arises.
- Use a day planner to loosely plan your workouts around your baby's schedule.
- If you start to feel light headed and nauseous, or notice a change in the color of your vaginal discharge, you may be exercising too strenuously.
fter childbirth, I was amazed by how much my stomach looked like a deflated balloon. If this is happening to you too, don't panic–your uterus will naturally contract back to its pre-pregnancy shape a few weeks after you give birth. But this alone is not enough to get your pre-pregnancy body back. To view the full story click here.
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