Postpartum fitness

An achievable postpartum workout after the birth of your second child

An achievable postpartum workout after the birth of your second child

Elizabeth Preston

Why you shouldn’t try to get your pre-baby body back

Why you shouldn’t try to get your pre-baby body back

Everyone has an opinion on how to get your pre-baby body back—and now! It’s as if that’s all you can say to a mother who has just had a baby. It’s not.

Kyla Fox

13 nursing sports bras that will work for your new curves

13 nursing sports bras that will work for your new curves

With the hardcore demands of nursing and pumping, bouncing back after baby isn’t always easy. We love these 12 stylish, yet practical nursing sports bras.

Erin Hershberg

What's so wrong with wanting to lose the baby weight?

What's so wrong with wanting to lose the baby weight?

Just as we shouldn’t shame postpartum moms if they choose not to focus on exercise or losing the baby weight, we shouldn't shame moms who do.

Allison McDonald Ace

Kegel Exercises: A Primer On Your Pelvic Floor’s Number One Workout

Kegel Exercises: A Primer On Your Pelvic Floor’s Number One Workout

Whether you’re pregnant, postpartum or beyond, here's how to do kegel exercises and incorporate them into your everyday regimen.

Karen Robock

10-minute full-body workout for moms

10-minute full-body workout for moms

Who has time for a long workout—or to go to the gym? Thankfully, Dara Bergeron, founder of Belly Bootcamp has a full-body workout you can do in 10 minutes.

Today's Parent

Does breastfeeding REALLY make you lose weight?

Does breastfeeding REALLY make you lose weight?

Many moms have heard that breastfeeding makes the pounds melt away. Here’s what science has to say about breastfeeding and your weight.

Rebecca Bodenheimer

Yoga poses for strength and posture

Yoga poses for strength and posture

Add a little omm to your day with this yoga workout. Dara Bergeron, founder of Belly Bootcamp, shows you yoga poses that help strengthen your muscles

Today's Parent

How to return to running after giving birth

How to return to running after giving birth

Read this before you lace up for your first run as a new mom.

Danielle Braff

Here's my very honest answer about how I lost the baby weight

Postpartum care

Here's my very honest answer about how I lost the baby weight

"No matter what I accomplished, from working to keeping two human beings alive…the number one question I got asked was: 'How did you lose the baby weight?'"

Jessi Cruickshank, FLARE

Exercise after C-section: 5 safe moves

Exercise after C-section: 5 safe moves

Once you get your doctor's permission to exercise after C-section, start with these five gentle moves.

Today's Parent

5 reasons postpartum exercise is easier than you think

5 reasons postpartum exercise is easier than you think

No one said staying fit once you have kids is easy, but here are helpful solutions to common postpartum exercise barriers.

Emily Rivas

4 fun ways to exercise with your baby

4 fun ways to exercise with your baby

Getting back into a fitness routine after baby doesn’t require child care or a gym membership. Here are some fun activities that will have you sweating.

Emily Rivas

When will my postpartum belly go away?

Postpartum care

When will my postpartum belly go away?

It’s totally normal to look a little pregnant for a few months (or years!) after giving birth. But if your postpartum belly is bugging you, try these tips.

Kalli Anderson

My half-ditched effort to improve my mom bod crashed and burned

My half-ditched effort to improve my mom bod crashed and burned

A year of saying “Of course I want fries with that—I’m breastfeeding” started to take its toll, but the road to a better mom bod is rockier than I expected.

Natalie Stechyson

Your postpartum body—what to expect

Postpartum care

Your postpartum body—what to expect

Your body changes a lot during pregnancy. But it also changes in the hours and days after you give birth. Here's what to expect with your postpartum body.

Teresa Pitman

Chrissy Teigen gets real about how celebrities really lose the baby weight

Chrissy Teigen gets real about how celebrities really lose the baby weight

We've found another reason to love Chrissy Teigen.

Jessica Spera

Now's not the time to say "I told you so" to Maria Kang

Now's not the time to say "I told you so" to Maria Kang

A couple of years ago, I wrote an open letter to Maria Kang, the "no excuses mom," listing my excuses. Now, I'm on her side.

Katie Dupuis

Exercise after C-section: Wall pushup and single-leg abduction

Exercise after C-section: Wall pushup and single-leg abduction

Once you get your doctor's permission to start exercising, try with this gentle and safe exercise, a wall pushup and single-leg abduction.

Alyssa Ashton

This professional runner just got real about her postpartum body

This professional runner just got real about her postpartum body

Olympic hopeful Stephanie Rothstein Bruce's photos are inspiring moms everywhere.

Emily Rivas

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