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Pregnancy Exercise: Why and How

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Women who exercise regularly during pregnancy have shorter, easier labors, exercising moms and their babies recover more quickly from childbirth, and babies whose moms exercised during pregnancy have more developed brains. That’s just some of the results of the numerous studies that have found … [Read more…]

Filed Under: Pregnancy (general), 1st Trimester Tagged With: fitness, exercise

Are Washboard Abs a Week Postpartum Possible?

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Moms everywhere clutched their pearls in horror this weekend as four-days-postpartum pictures of Caroline Berg Erikson, a Norwegian soccer wife and fitness blogger, hit Instagram.  Is it really possible to look like that four days after giving birth? Sure! All you need is: The genes. Be tall, … [Read more…]

Filed Under: Parenting (general and dads) Tagged With: fitness

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