6 Ways to Find Relief from Right SI Joint Pain
Pelvic girdle pain, or pain in the pelvic joints either the front of the back, can be common during pregnancy!
4 Exercises in my 3rd Trimester Workouts to Prepare for Birth
My third-trimester workouts have shifted quite a bit from the beginning of this trimester! Balancing the need for daily intentional movement to manage SI joint discomfort and also fatigue has been a challenge! Towards the second half of my third trimester, I still exercise several times a week, focusing on strength and conditioning training. I’ve […]
5 Fun Sensory Bins Ideas for Kids
As a part of my postpartum preparation, I have been prepping sensory bin kits for my kids to entertain them while I am tending to the new baby. These bins are super easy to make! I buy supplies in bulk so I can quickly throw a bin together, and my kids have been having a […]
4 Exercises to Flip Your Breech Baby Head Down!
Breech is a variation of normal. Breech is when the baby’s feet or butt are presenting first, with the head up towards the rib cage. Some babies are meant to be breech, but breech positioning could limit your birth options depending on your provider. In some countries and areas within the USA, breech vaginal delivery […]
4 Tips to Have an Unmedicated Birth!
One of the biggest aspects of planning for birth is to decide on your pain relief preferences: do you plan on having an epidural or do you want to have an unmedicated birth? Please note that we refer to giving birth without an epidural as unmedicated. You may commonly hear unmedicated birth, or giving birth […]
FREE 5-Day Pelvic Floor Prep for Birth Challenge
Join us for our FREE five-day challenge to prepare your pelvic floor for birth! Over the five days you will learn about your pelvic floor, ways to approach mobility, pelvic floor relaxation exercises, and a tip to navigate birth! 40-Week Prenatal Strength Program: Start in Your Third Trimester! The 40-Week Prenatal Strength Program syncs to […]
Prepare for Birth: 3rd Trimester Focused Fitness Programs
The MamasteFit Prenatal Fitness Training Programs are designed to keep you strong throughout your pregnancy and comfortable! Our prenatal fitness programs sync to your week of pregnancy or trimester, so you can start our programs in your third trimester! 40-Week Prenatal Strength Program 40-Week Prenatal Mini Program On Demand Prenatal Workouts On Demand Prenatal Yoga […]
6 Prenatal Exercises to Prepare Baby to Rotate During Birth
Your baby rotates through the midpelvis after they have engaged into the pelvis! Certain laboring positions will create more space to speed up this rotation! Read this blog to learn two labor positions that open the midpelvis plus 6 prenatal exercises to do to prepare for birth!
4 Exercises to Support Your Baby’s Position for Birth!
There is a big emphasis on forcing baby into the perfect position during pregnancy. We get asked frequently: What exercises can I do to get my baby to engage? What exercises can I do to get my baby to be in the perfect position? It’s important to understand that there really aren’t movements that are […]
Is LOA the BEST Position for Your Baby?? 3 Positions Your Baby NEEDS to be in During Birth!
Is LOA, or baby towards the front and left, the best position for your baby for birth? The answer is: it depends! You may be bombarded with the pressure to get your baby in the “perfect position” for birth, without realizing that there are multiple positions that your baby needs to rotate through as they […]
How Do I Know if My Pelvis Is Too Small for Birth?
Is Your Pelvis Too Small for Vaginal Birth? Discover the 3 key reasons why your small pelvic assessment might have been inaccurate.
4 Exercises for Tailbone Pain Relief!
Tailbone pain?? It can be a literal pain in the butt! The tailbone, or the coccyx, is attached to the sacrum via the sacrococcygeal joint. This means the tailbone can MOVE around depending on the pull from the surroudning musculature, which would be the pelvic floor! The pelvic floor can have uneven tension through it […]