by Caitlin Fris | Aug 12, 2017 | Pregnancy and post-partum
All of these terms mean the same thing: abdominal muscle separation. This is really common during and after pregnancy! Your belly may look like one of the above pictures, or you may feel like you still look pregnant, or you may notice a change in the way your tummy...
by Caitlin Fris | Aug 11, 2017 | Pregnancy and post-partum
Well, if you’ve just given birth…. CONGRATS! And really, just focus on resting and recovering. Once you’ve emerged from the newborn days of haze have a think about how you are feeling and what happened in the birth. If you have these symptoms, see a...
by Caitlin Fris | Mar 2, 2017 | Exercise, Pregnancy and post-partum, Sex
Elvie: Your most personal trainer I’ve been sent a sample of ‘Elvie’ to try, and to give feedback to the manufacturer. Here’s what I think: Elvie is a device that you insert inside your vagina to give you feedback on your pelvic floor performance, via an app on...
by Caitlin Fris | Feb 23, 2017 | Pain, Pregnancy and post-partum
Carpal tunnel syndrome and DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis are the most common causes of wrist, hand and finger pain during and after pregnancy. So you’ve got this cute new human to look after, but your blimmin’ wrists kill you every time you want to pick her up?? Or...
by Caitlin Fris | Jan 19, 2017 | Exercise
Gone are the days of ‘eating for two’ and putting your feet up for 9 months when you are ‘with child’. As you know, exercising when you are pregnant is good for you and your baby. Many women get sore back or pelvic joints during pregnancy which may be stirred up by...
