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New moms are being strongly encouraged to engage in at least two hours of moderate to vigorous physical activity each week in the first three months after giving birth, according to new guidelines ...

Female athletes have identified a lack of guidance as a barrier to successfully returning to running postpartum, and existing guidelines are vague. Our aim was to define the current practice of ...

Dr. Margaret Archer is a pelvic floor physical therapist with Mère Health and a mom of two boys. She specializes in pregnancy and postpartum recovery, with a fitness-forward, evidence-based approach ...

The journey through pregnancy transforms more than just life circumstances—it reshapes the body in ways many women are unprepared for. One of the most overlooked challenges is diastasis recti, a ...

Objective To examine the effect of exercise during the first year postpartum on pelvic floor disorders and diastasis recti abdominis. Design Systematic review with random effects meta-analysis. Data ...

The journey back to a flatter belly after pregnancy is one of the most common concerns new mothers face, yet it’s also one of the most misunderstood aspects of postpartum recovery. Your body has just ...

Most maternal health complications happen after delivery, but for decades, postpartum care remained one of medicine’s most neglected phases of life. That is changing fast. The first 12 weeks after ...