Rather watch? Check it out. Crunches during pregnancy? Nah, there's a better way. Hi I’m Katie of Body in Motion Pilates. I'm here to help you have more comfortable pregnancy, efficient birth, and resilient recovery. I frequently get asked the question “Why would I even want to exercise my core during pregnancy? It's just gonna get bigger anyways.” First off, I'm not here to teach you core exercises for a smaller waist. I'm here to teach you core exercises for better function

Prefer to watch? Check it out. When I went into labor in March of 2020, the admitting nurse was screening for Covid so she asked me if I was experiencing shortness of breath… Ma’am, I’m 40 weeks pregnant, of course I am. Which leads to the question: Why am I so out of breath and what can I do to fix it? I'm Katie of Body in Motion Pilates and I'm here to help you have a more comfortable pregnancy, efficient birth, and resilient recovery. When we become pregnant, and we grow a

Prefer to watch? I got you. I know. You’re tired. That belly is heavy and you just want to put your feet up. But how you spend your days shapes your body. And the shape of your body (how the muscles and bones are all aligned), shapes your birth. What happens when you sit too much while pregnant What I'm going to describe happens to all of your muscles everywhere all the time. But I'm going to focus just on one muscle and one activity and what that does. The muscle I want to f

Watch the video HERE. Are you waddling instead of walking? Hi, I’m Katie of Body in Motion Pilates. I’m a pre & postnatal pilates teacher and I’m here to help you go beyond exercise modification and actually train for birth. ~The pregnancy duck waddle~ ~The washing machine~ Typically, these creative forms of pregnancy walking don’t begin until the 3rd trimester, but if you start being aware of how you’re moving now, you can avoid it altogether. Let’s start by looking at the d