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Postpartum

Common Postpartum Conditions

Going through pregnancy is no easy task. You carry an ever-growing little human, AND an organ (the placenta) that your body creates to nourish that new life. This creates a lot of strain on your pelvic organs, muscles, bones and tissues. There are many things that can happen throughout pregnancy and during childbirth that you will have to recover from

Fitness Postpartum

Dead Bug Sequence

The dead bug sequence is a great progression to start challenging the core after about 6 weeks postpartum. There are a few ways to do this exercise. First you want to get into the dead bug position: Once you’re in this position, you’ll want to do a deep core breath, engage the core and then create resistance between your hand

Fitness Postpartum Prenatal

Deep Core Breathing

Connecting to your deep core is important throughout pregnancy and postpartum recovery. The deep core is made up of 4 muscles that help you to find stability and containment in the core. Learning to connect to these muscles may require a few visits with a pelvic health physiotherapist (highly recommended). This video will show you basic deep core breathing technique.

Postpartum Prenatal

4 ways your body changes after pregnancy

I have been working with new moms for the extent of my career, and there are definitely some themes among new mamas: You are exhausted all the time (how could you not be with that little sleep??) You feel guilty when you take time for yourself (if you ever do) You start to learn that your body is not the

Fitness Personal Postpartum

My personal story – How did I get here?

Allow me to reintroduce myself! My name is Stephanie Sibbio. I am a fitness and nutrition expert dedicated to helping pregnant and postnatal women thrive in health and fitness. Here is how it all came to be :). Cliff Ravenscraft is a superstar in the world of podcasting and entrepreneurship. Also, on a personal note, he is an inspiration when

Fitness Postpartum

Abdominal Separation Post Pregnancy

One thing that never ceases to amaze me is how few women know that they have an abdominal separation in their abdominal wall, and more so that they have never even heard that it exists! Abdominal separation is known as Diastasis Recti, and is a condition where your Rectus Abdominis (or 6 pack muscles) separate from the Linea Alba (or midline) to allow