The 51% Factor: Pregnancy, Power & Health

Recently I came across this posting and thought it worth posting again. On one hand I see signs of continuing progress, and on another hand it seems to me there are fundamentalist influences popping up everywhere (including among U.S. evangelists) that threaten women’s right to reproductive freedom and health. There is no end to the [...]

How to Get Pregnant – Coaching Topic #1

Hurrah! We have power at last…a week after hurricane Irene romped through, we have juice! Thanks for bearing with us while we camped out. So let’s get on with the topic of How to Get Pregnant, starting with why do we need to know this? In the past few decades, the average age for a [...]

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 [...]

The 51% Factor: Pregnancy, Power & Health

How women can influence the health and well-being of all people.

Pregnancy Pathway, Conception – Review & Small Rant!

The life-time health status of mothers-to-be and their offspring begins before pregnancy. Exercise, healthy nutrition, and an uncompromised immune system are critical factors in this equation.

Pregnancy Pathway, Preconditions – Behavior

Behavioral preconditions to pregnancy is the area over which we have the greatest control.

Pregnancy Pathway, Preconditions – Environment

The effect of environment as a precondition for pregnancy.

Pregnancy Pathway, Preconditions – Genetics

How genetics affects pregnancy.

Pregnancy Pathway, introduction

Please refer to the Pregnancy Pathway chart in the February 5, 2009 entry. During pregnancy, there are some factors within our control and some that are not. The Pregnancy Pathway, designed by Dancing Thru Pregnancy® founder and Yale University Movement Specialist Ann Cowlin, and Certified Nurse Midwife Robyn Brancato, is intended to describe the flow [...]