Don't let your pregnancy result in a weak core and unsightly belly bulge! With your new baby at home, it's hard to find time to take care of you. But if you have experienced diastasis recti during pregnancy, the best time to repair it is right now. Mom's Guide to Diastasis Recti offers a realistic approach to healing your belly with simple moves that take only minutes each day. With a complete four-part program, Mom's Guide to Diastasis Recti helps...

Examining the effects of exercise on women and their babies, this book presents case studies of women who exercised regularly before, during, and after pregnancy. The book provides guidelines for exercise plans that safely fulfill a mother's needs during different phases of pregnancy, answering such questions as, How does exercise benefit the mother? How does exercise affect growth of the fetus? What is the effect of exercise on milk production? Does...

"Yoga for Pregnancy offers detailed, precise instruction for over a hundred yoga poses to support you during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. Accompanying sequences focus on a range of applications, from quick daily practices to poses for common pregnancy ailments. Woven throughout the book, you'll find resources to help prepare you for an empowered labor." --

A Fresh and Effective Approach to Staying Toned During Pregnancy-in just 30 Quick Minutes a Day At Home or on the Road Pregnancy is no time to let yourself go-and with Anna Aberg's surprisingly efficient light weight program, the forty weeks of waiting may even be a time to get stronger and fitter! When Aberg-a former Miss Sweden and personal trainer-was pregnant with her first child, she couldn't find an exercise routine that would increase her...

"Positive and accessible, Your Fit Pregnancy breaks down exercise and nutrition into a trimester-by-trimester guide, with workouts (focusing on strength training, cardio, and yoga and stretching), plus meal plans and 50 recipes like Pumpkin Granola Yogurt Parfait, Smoky Corn and Edamame Beef Chili, and Simple Ginger Soy Poached Salmon. Author Erica Willick is a mother, two-time North American fitness champion, and founder of Sisters in Shape who...

This gentle yoga practice can be used throughout pregnancy to build strength and stamina, reduce stress and fatigue, and connect body and mind. Celebrated yoga and fitness talent Desi Bartlett starts with meditation exercises, followed by floor and standing sequences.

Stay fit through every stage of your pregnancy with exercises designed to ease back pain, improve digestion, avoid calf cramps, increase energy levels, avoid excessive weight gain, ease emotional highs and lows, prepare for labor and delivery, and bounce back more quickly after delivery.

A safe and effective prenatal practice that will help maintain a strong and centered mind and body to help keep you happy and balanced in the moment, and to prepare you for the birth experience. Two assistants help the instructor demonstrate how each posture should be practiced according to where you are in your pregnancy.