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You CAN Lift That: New Research on Safe High Intensity Exercise for Pregnancy

“She’s going to hurt her baby.”

“That’s just wrong.” 

“Irresponsible and Dangerous”

When cross-fit athlete Tia Clair Toomey shared videos of her participating in a gruelling cross-fit session at 8 months pregnant, amidst the positive comments from her legions of fans, there was of...

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Morning Sickness Survival Guide

Written by Kimmy Smith - Founder

Congratulations on your pregnancy! We know it may be hard to feel excited about the little life growing inside of you when you are experiencing unrelenting waves of nausea and fatigue.

If you are feeling defeated or deflated by morning sickness, please know that for the majority of women it passes...

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How to Protect your Pelvic Floor During Pregnancy

 

Need a Reason to Do your Pelvic Floor in Pregnancy?

Here's a big one! If you are pregnant now and aren't experiencing incontinence or leaking you will be 62% LESS likely to experience incontinence in late pregnancy! #HUGE! You'll also have a 29% lower risk of developing urinary incontinence in the 3-6 months post-birth.

But this is...

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What causes Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy - and what you can do about it

 

Since launching the EMP, we have had a lot of our members ask us about Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP) in pregnancy - and what they can do to reduce the amount of pain they are experiencing.

We have just launched our live Q+A series for our EMP Members and we wanted to share this small part of the Q+A session where Women's Health...

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Is Exercise Safe During Pregnancy - The Guidelines

 

In Australia only 15% of pregnant women are doing the recommended level of exercise! We want to change that! Experts recommend that pregnant women should be doing between 150-300 minutes of moderate to slightly vigorous exercise per week, including two strength and resistance workouts each week. 

 

Why? One reason is that...

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5 Ways to Protect and Strengthen your Pelvic Floor During Pregnancy

 

Do you know how to contract your pelvic floor properly?

Studies show that 50% of women don’t! We don’t want you to be one of them!

In this free video, Womens’ Health Physiotherapist and Founder of the EMP, Lyz Evans shares her 5 tips for protecting and strengthening your pelvic floor during pregnancy.

Pregnancy places...

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