I’ve been a little quiet on here for a while as my Husband and I welcomed our beautiful little boy into the world in September. Being a Mum is the best feeling in the world and I’ve really enjoyed spending all of my time over the last few months with our little man!

Although I’ve done a lot of pre/postnatal personal training with clients in the past, experiencing it myself has been such a learning curve.

Up until about 16 weeks of pregnancy I suffered from bad morning (more like all day!) sickness. As much as I had planned to continue with my exercise during this time, there was no way that I could have. It was extremely frustrating but you really do have to listen to your body and look after yourself during pregnancy. After the sickness passed, I was able to do some gentle pregnancy safe exercise which was focused around keeping my core strong and my body mobile and toned.

After giving birth, I waited until I had been signed off by the Doctor at my 6-8 week check before beginning any kind of exercise. I started off very slowly with just some simple pelvic floor postnatal exercises and have very gradually built up from there. It takes a long time for your body to heal after having a baby and it’s really important to know which exercises are safe to do and are going to benefit you most at this time. I feel so lucky to have trained specifically in pre/postnatal exercise and have felt confident in knowing which type of exercise was going to enable my body to heal and recover. It’s made me feel so much better to get back into training regularly again!

I’ll be back to working as a Personal Trainer in a few months around the Weybridge, Walton, Esher and Cobham areas and am really looking forward to being able to combine my pre/postnatal exercise knowledge with my own personal experience when working with Mums.