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New Mother's Thumb: Ouch! My Wrist Hurts!
About 50% of new moms experience pain in the thumb side of their wrist. This is often from the way they hold their hand when nursing or picking up their baby. New Mother’s Thumb, or de Quervain’s, can be painful but their are non surgical things that you can try first.
Stroll Her Strong™ | Legs, Arms, and Core Galore
Grab your stroller and your baby and let's get moving!Check out these 8 moves for a full body, booty kickin’ workout. Do each for 1 minute with a 15 second rest.Complete 3 rounds in addition to your 5 minute warm up and that gets you to ACOG’s recommendation of 30+ mins for the day.
My Postpartum Revelation: My body will not be the same again. It will be different and that is okay
New Mom, Shelton, writes about her postpartum journey and gaining an understanding about her body post baby.
Stroll Her Strong™ | Lower and Upper Body Burnout
8 exercises to kick your backside and get a great sweat on. Suitable for pregnant and postpartum moms. Pop your little one in the stroller and move your body!
Placenta Tour - Just The Basics
If you are at all squeamish, this might not be the blog post for you. But for the “Placenta Curious”, this is your place to learn! There are two sides to every story and the placenta is no different.