Pregnancy Exercise and Home Birth

The web is abuzz with news of the rising rate of home births. Increasingly women are electing to stay home for three major reasons: perceived safety, a desire to avoid medical interventions, and a previous negative hospital experience. There is also a lot of discussion about the need for more trained midwives, qualified to attend [...]

Pregnancy Exercise Safety

Includes safety guidelines for pregnant women and pregnancy fitness teachers and trainers, along with some contraindicated exercises and adaptations.

Safe Pregnancy, Safe Labor, Safe Motherhood

The challenges to safe motherhood vary depending where in the world you live. In some areas the challenge may be to get adequate nutrition or clean water; in other areas, it may be to prevent infection; and in still other locations it may be trying to avoid pregnancy before your body is ready or getting [...]

Active Pregnancy – the rationale

Moving into Motherhood It’s time to hit the main theme again:  Aerobically fit women are at reduced risk for things that go wrong in pregnancy, improve their tolerance for labor and birth, and recover more rapidly in the postpartum period. The arrival of the holidays provides a good reason to bring this up, yet again! [...]

Preventing Prematurity

Today is a day for bloggers to raise awareness of the growing rate of prematurity in the U.S.  As a pre/postnatal fitness specialist who has been working in the field for more than 30 years, I have a number of thoughts on this topic. I like to start thinking about this problem by thinking back [...]

Beyond Yoga

The relationship between aerobics plus other exercise components and yoga to produce a successful pregnancy outcome.

Pregnancy Pathway, Pregnancy – Behavior: Avoiding Risks

Learn the risks that can endanger your pregnancy.