Postpartum Exercise: Creating Your 3rd Body

Creating your new, improved body following birth.

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 [...]

High Birth Weight: The New Bad Outcome

Normal weight and some overweight women who eat too much in pregnancy tend to have babies who are, basically, already obese at birth. Therefore, these infants already have metabolic and cardiovascular dysfunction.

Fetal Programming

Basic information on fetal programming, including behavior and environmental factors that influence fetal development.

Pregnancy Pathway: Importance of Postpartum Fitness

Postpartum physical activity is vital to the short and long term health of mothers.

DTP’s Total Pregnancy Fitness website!

DTP’s renovated website is now online at www.dancingthrupregnancy.com! Full of new features, news and information for pregnant women and new moms & babies. In addition, there is information on how to become a pre/postnatal fitness instructor and start a program in your area. There’s a lot to see and do on the renovated site and [...]

Pregnancy Pathway, Pregnancy – Behavior, part 2: Nutrition

Let us discuss food!      Yeah, food! Question: How many extra calories do you need in each trimester to offset the metabolic cost of pregnancy? Answer: First trimester – 0; Second trimester – 300; Third trimester – 500 (source: Institute of Medicine). Keep in mind that you may also need calories for any fitness [...]

Pregnancy Pathway, Pregnancy – Behavior, part 1: Exercise continued!

Now that you know WHY exercise is a healthy behavior, this entry explains WHAT is safe and effective exercise to do.

Pregnancy Pathway, Pregnancy – Behavior, part 1: Exercise

Summary of the reasons why exercise is critical to good pregnancy outcome.

Rant: Health Care Reform/Pregnancy

Ideas about how health care reform could improve maternal/infant health.

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