Pilates for Pregnancy

Pilates for Pregnancy covers the fundamentals of Pilates and includes a progressive Pilates program tailored for each trimester--focusing on pelvic floor and abdominal strength, posture and health & fitness. Anya Hayes' insightful exercise guide will help you conquer the physical and mental stresses of pregnancy and improve your pregnancy health, mood, and energy. This is a straight talking, woman-to-woman pregnancy fitness guide that shows you: · how to optimize the position of your baby for a better birth experience; · how to avoid succumbing to the "pregnancy waddle" and protect your back as your bump grows; · how to deal with second pregnancy posture while running after/constantly lifting a toddler; · how to minimize the trials of pregnancy on your abdominals, pelvic floor and mind; · how to get into the right mindset for a positive labor, and release tension postnatally; · exactly what cardio exercise is safe and beneficial to you and your bump, and what you should avoid.

Anya Hayes is a mat Pilates instructor specialising in bumps and mums. She is a member of the Body Control Pilates Association. Anya is the author of four other books, My Pilates Guru, A Little Course in Pilates, Pregnancy: the Naked Truth, and The Supermum Myth. Anya blogs at motherswellnesstoolkit.wordpress.com. Find her on Instagram: @mothers.wellness.toolkit.

Introduction 1 Pilates Fundamentals 2 The First Trimester (0-13 weeks) 3 The Second Trimester (13-26 weeks) 4 The Third Trimester (27-40+ weeks) 5 The Birth 6 Th Fourth Trimester - Your Postnatal Recovery Acknowledgements Resources Index