{"id":388,"date":"2012-03-03T21:45:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T21:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilateswithpriya.co.uk\/?p=388"},"modified":"2025-07-22T10:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T09:56:01","slug":"happy-birthday-post-natal-pilates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilateswithpriya.co.uk\/?p=388","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Post Natal Pilates!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve just realised that February saw the Birthday of my post-natal Pilates class. I know it’s now March but it felt like this needed marking.<\/p>\n

This class came about because I had a baby…. which highlighted to me how difficult (but not impossible) it can be to exercise with your little one in tow. I knew I needed to get back into Pilates for my health, fitness and peace of mind, so why not do it with other mummies. Also having received an extremely poor information sheet \u00a0in hospital about how to do pelvic floor exercises, I felt I could do better myself!<\/p>\n

Our first few classes were held in a community centre with the babies at one end of the room with Daddy day-care rocking them in their car seats. All except my little one who tended to fall asleep in the sling before class started and I taught with her attached. (Health and Safety Note – do not do this yourself unless you know what you are doing, it’s a lot harder!!). I’ll admit it, these first few classes were hard, I was tired, my baby was 3 months old and a breast feeding milk monster so sleep was not forthcoming, but I was also determined and teaching classes kinda keeps me going \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Moving venue in April to our new home based studio was such a relief. Even though my studio is tiny, we suddenly we had more space as the babies hang out in the lounge with Daddy day-care. We have access to lots of toys, all manner of baby bits so if anyone forgets anything we can help out and there’s no pressure to rush away so the kettle goes on at the end of class. This has led to lovely moments of mummies supporting each other, sharing tips, books, sling demonstrations, many baby cuddles and even weaning talks from the dietitian who happens to be there every week (that’s me – Dietitian UK<\/a>). It literally becomes a community of it’s own and many mummies transition into evening classes when they go back to work.<\/p>\n

I have absolutely LOVED this class over the past year and look forward to many more classes, baby cuddles and cups of tea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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