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

This is the Week 32 post in the series "What you don't expect when you're expecting." Breech and the old “Wait and See.” Depending on your provider, you may get little to no guidance regarding your breech babe. The first thing I want you to know is that your baby is smart. Your baby is choosing the breech position because it’s the most comfortable position for them. While yes, your uterus will expand up to 500 times its original size, it’s still a pretty tight squeeze with or

Are you preparing for the birth you want to have? Or are you going to be a bystander to your birth? You deserve to birth the way you want to birth. Maybe you’re in a tub in a birthing center. Maybe you’re resting in a hospital bed while the pitocin and epidural do their thing. Maybe it’s squatting in a field near a babbling brook while a fawn nurses its mother nearby. Whatever your goal is, I support it and I’m here to get you there in a way that will minimize time, tearing,

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This is the seventh post (Week 16) in the series "What you don't expect when you're expecting". Welcome to Week 16! For both my pregnancies, I remember week 16 being the beginning of my favorite part of pregnancy. My energy had returned and morning sickness had abated. I had just enough of a belly to look pregnant but not so big that getting off the couch required a system of pulleys and levers (spoiler of things to come!) Weight gain typically starts to ramp up over these ne

This is the fifth post (Week 14) in the series "What you don't expect when you're expecting". Your core canister. It goes through quite a bit of changes during pregnancy, most obvious being the growth of a tiny human within it. Many pregnancy related aches and pains are the result of something going on with your core canister, causing it to not function at its best. But before getting into those “what ifs,” it's important to understand what your core canister is and why it’s

This is the fourth post (Week 13) in the series "What you don't expect when you're expecting". CONGRATULATIONS - you’ve made it to the second trimester! ...kinda. 40 isn’t divisible by 3 so some people say it starts Week 13 while others say Week 14. But you didn’t come here for a math lesson...moving on. According to “everyone”, you’re in the sweet spot. Nausea is gone, energy is back up, and you’re not so big that you have to waddle everywhere (yet). But let’s be real...this

This is the third post (Weeks 11-12) in the series "What you don't expect when you're expecting". Boobs, amiright? Here is the order of people who learned about my first pregnancy: My husband My bartender (it’s was St Patrick’s Day and I need a convincing looking Jameson & Ginger) The ladies at the bra store My parents (sorry mom haha) Often the first outward sign of pregnancy is bigger boobs, especially if it’s your first pregnancy when you don’t show as quickly as in later

This is the second post (Weeks 9-10) in the series "What you don't expect when you're expecting". “I’m sick and tired of feeling sick and...

This is the first post (Weeks 5-8) in the series "What you don't expect when you're expecting". “I’m so nauseous I can’t even think about...

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I’ve been getting quite a few questions recently surrounding exercising with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or other pelvic floor dysfunctions. What exercises can I do with POP? What exercises are safe with pelvic floor dysfunction? What exercises won’t cause leaking? So I do what I do best - I went to the research. Let me first say that I am not a pelvic floor physical therapist (PT). What I AM is a Pre/Postnatal Pilates Specialist who's been teaching since 2013, with a Masters

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