Original Article
As you enter a new stage of your life, keeping fit and healthy is more important than ever.
You’re going to need a new-found strength, both mentally and physically, to deal with carrying car seats up flights of stairs, cooking one-handed with a baby on your hip, and to endure yet another sleepless night. This is ‘Functional Fitness’ at its best!
The right kind of exercises during pregnancy and as a new mum can also go a long way to reducing (or completely preventing) any pain that can result from the changes going on in your body as your baby grows inside you, and as it starts to knit itself back together post birth.
The research is now there to prove that ‘sitting on the sofa and scoffing packets of biscuits’ throughout your pregnancy, is no longer the best option for either you or your baby. In fact, quite the opposite, there are MANY benefits of keeping healthy and active throughout pregnancy and as a mum, both physically and mentally.
As mums ourselves, we totally understand that there can seem to be a lot of barriers to keeping regular exercise a part of your life, which is why we’ve created MumHood.
We hope you find it useful!
Pip + Joan x