How to choose your first buggy

How to choose your first buggy or travel system. When it comes to getting-ready-for-baby investment purchases, choosing and buying your first buggy or travel system is up there with buying a car. The notable exception being there’s a good chance you’ll end up changing your car to meet your travel…

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How to use Pilates to help back pain when you’re standing during pregnancy

How to use Pilates to help back pain when you’re standing during pregnancy. Here are some of my best tips for standing more comfortably when you’re pregnant I’ve been a pre and post natal fitness and Pilates expert for over 18 years, so I’ve seen hundreds of women through their pregnancies. During that…

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How to survive headaches and migraines during pregnancy

How to survive headaches and migraines during pregnancy If you’re struggling with persistent headaches or migraines during pregnancy you are not alone. It’s estimated that 15 to 20 percent of pregnant women have migraines. But what causes them? How can you prevent or manage them? And are they harmful to…

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How to adapt your fitness programme for the first trimester of pregnancy

HOW TO ADAPT EXERCISE FOR THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY WHEN YOU’RE NOT READY TO SHARE Stuck on how to exercise now that you’re pregnant but still in that limbo land where you’re not ready to tell anyone?  Here’s my step-by-step guide to exercising safely during your first trimester, that…

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Extreme tiredness during pregnancy. Is it normal?

Why the extreme tiredness during pregnancy Karen? Is it normal? It’s one of the questions I get asked a lot in my prenatal Pilates classes in Epping and online. Tiredness during Pregnancy Pregnancy fatigue is tiredness to beat all tiredness. If you’re in it, you are possible dropping off round…

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Zzz … could sleep deprivation be making you fat?

In a recent BBC interview, performance director for GB cycling Dave Brailsford said that perfect pillows (as well as extra round wheels) were responsible for British domination in cycling. The ‘sleep kits’, designed by leading sport sleep coach Nick Littlehales, can be transported from home, to training camps to the athlete’s…

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