You hear us talk about Kegel Exercises all the time in our prenatal and mom & baby fitness classes. It’s one of the most important exercises you can do before, during and after your pregnancy. Why? Strong pelvic floor muscles
Common Questions: What should be my first exercise class after I have my baby?
Many clients ask what exercise they should take as their first class back after having a baby. While we have many women take all different kinds of classes and participate in lots of different types of programs, I’ve found that
Common Questions: Does exercising cut down on my milk supply?
Breastfeeding can be such a challenging part of a new mom’s experience. We have many clients who work very hard to be able to breastfeed who are then scared to exercise due to the myths surrounding breastfeeding and exercise. The
Check Out Our New Video: How to Carry a Car Seat Properly
Carrying a car seat incorrectly is the easiest way to injure your back as a new mother. Oh Baby! Fitness Senior Instructor Kathleen Donahoe demonstrates the best and safest way to carry a baby’s car seat. If you’d like more
Hugging Your Baby – How It Can Help You Have a Better Pregnancy
During Oh Baby! Fitness pregnancy classes, our instructors are always asking moms to “hug your baby” or “draw the baby up and in” while exercising. The instructors are cuing clients to engage their abdominal muscles. Contracting the abdominal muscles leads
Hollowing and Half Roll-up – Great Exercise for 6 Weeks After Pregnancy
After you have your baby, the first abdominal exercise you can do is called “hollowing.” It can be combined with the half roll up. Oh Baby! Fitness Senior Instructor Kathleen Donahoe leads you through a safe exercise for new moms
Postpartum Posture and Alignment in Everyday Activites
As a new mom, you will be doing a lot of the same movements over and over (and over and over and over!) again. For a while, it will feel like all you are doing is feeding your baby and
Postpartum Fitness: Three Safe Exercises for the First 6 Weeks After Childbirth
Pregnancy and labor can be very traumatic on the abdominals and pelvic floor. While most women are told not to do ANY exercise for the first six to eight weeks after having a baby, it’s important to begin to engage
What 8,000 Moms Know: The first few weeks after delivery
As the senior instructor for Oh Baby! Fitness, I spend a lot of time thinking about how we can best physically and mentally prepare women for the experience of motherhood- not just labor and delivery, but also the first few