Natal Active Blog

Breastfeeding and exercise - everything you need to know

Can breastfeeding and exercise go hand in hand, and what impact does it have on you, your milk or your baby?

How to workout with a baby - Six Tips

How to workout with a baby in tow? With creche facilities in gyms limited, and partners not always around to help, how can you ensure you make that...

7 Best Tips for Running After Having a Baby

Running after having a baby is not as straightforward as lacing up your trainers and heading out. Read our top tips for getting back in to it.

Prolapse after giving birth

A pelvic organ prolapse after giving birth is probably one of the last subjects still seen as a bit taboo. Yet with 1 in 12 women suffering some fo...

Top Tips for Managing Pelvic Girdle Pain

With PGP affecting 1 in 4 pregnancies, pelvic health physio Lorraine Boyce shares her top tips for managing Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP)

Diastasis Recti Rehabilitation - a mum's experience

Mum Claire Black shares her story of diastasis recti rehabilitation and how she is ready to restart the journey after her second baby.

Finding a ‘New Strong You’ after having a baby

In the fog of the early postnatal days, it can be challenging to even know where to begin in rediscovering you and repairing the body that has gone...

Lifting your children post baby

Have you ever been told “don’t lift your kids” because of Prolapse or other Pelvic Health Issues? Rachel Prince, founder of re|Born Active explains...

Six way you can help yourself recover from a Caesarean birth

Caesarean births account for 1 in every 4 births that happen in the UK, and is major abdominal surgery. We look at six ways that you can help yours...

The Benefits of Strength Training after Having a Baby

Former GB champion powerlifter Shachar Head-Wilson tells us about her experience of lifting during and after pregnancy and how she feels getting ba...

Running with prolapse - a personal story.

Natal Active founder Claire Gleave shares the story of her diagnosis and how, despite being told she wouldn’t run again, recovered to continue runn...

Can exercise in pregnancy prevent postnatal depression?

Those of us who try to fit in some regular exercise know the positive impact it can have on our general mental well being and continuing a regular ...