Prenatal Yoga is a wonderful way to prepare the body and mind for birth. With a second or third baby, it may be the only time you have planned into your day to bond with your new family member. Motherhood is a busy role and it can be hard to take time away to nurture the mother within. However, it is important to keep the mind and body in shape for the new challenges that multiple children bring. Sometimes taking a little break for yourself away from your children can help you be a more relaxed and mindful mother.
The more pregnancies and deliveries a mother has, the more likely it is she is to experience pelvic floor dysfunction (such as urinary incontinence aka peeing your pants when you sneeze) or abdominal diastasis (a split in the rectus abdominus muscle). Prenatal Yoga teaches mothers ways to move to help decrease her chance of developing diastasis and also works on strengthening the pelvic floor and core muscles to help reduce the incidence of pelvic floor dysfunction.
The postpartum class at Isis Parenting, Core Fitness for Moms, focuses on rebuilding the core to reduce diastasis and strengthen a weakened pelvic floor. It also works on opening the tight muscles in the upper body that develop with feeding and carrying young children. No one wants to pee her pants with a sneeze, so come out to class and connect with a community of mothers.
If you think these classes are first time moms or only for moms with an infant, think again! Core Fitness for Moms is recommended within the first year after baby (at least 4 weeks after a vaginal delivery, 6 weeks after cesarean birth), but moms are encouraged to come at any postpartum stage.
Learn more about all the yoga and fitness offerings at Isis Parenting here.
Caroline Gillespie
Isis Fitness Instructor
