by Women's Health | Feb 18, 2019 | FitMama
Your body needs time to heal after pregnancy (which is why the idea of “snapping back” is totally toxic). But that’s especially true for women who have had C-sections. After a C-section, your body can take up to 12 weeks to fully recuperate (this is...
by Women's Health | Jan 17, 2019 | Health
One of the perks of pregnancy—you know, other than no one judging your weird Pringles-dipped-in-hot-sauce cravings—is that your period is basically MIA for months, right? Technically, yes. You definitely don’t menstruate (a.k.a., shed blood and tissue from your...
by Women's Health | Jan 14, 2019 | FitMama
“Your baby has been flagged as ‘high risk’ for chromosomal abnormalities” — the words no pregnant women ever wants to hear. I always thought that falling pregnant was supposed to be this exciting time that leaves you literally...
by Women's Health | Jan 7, 2019 | FitMama
Hilary Duff welcomed her daughter Banks two months ago, but she just shared on Instagram that life with a new baby hasn’t been easy. “Calling all parents of colic babies…..this ends right?” she captioned a shot of herself holding her baby. “Can you ever set them...
by Women's Health | Dec 7, 2018 | FitMama
When I got pregnant eight months ago, I thought I knew everything there was to know about prenatal workouts. After all, I’ve been working at Women’s Health for years, and know the general rule—that you can typically keep doing the type of exercise you did...