04/05/2023
FOURTH TRIMESTER
Archie arrived
A couple of days later so did my milk!
🤱🏼 🥛 ⛲️
This time around was a heck of a lot easier.
The first four weeks were the toughest on my mental health and getting used to our new normal. But overall I actually enjoyed the first 12 weeks this time.
I was SO lucky (privileged) to have a heap of support and spent only small periods of time solo parenting. A big thank you to everyone who messaged, called, and checked in!!!
It means the world to me xx
I had a smoother labour and birth so I was feeling “back in my body” a lot earlier.
In terms of exercise I started out with very simple breathing and stretching exercises to get moving again, sitting on the couch breastfeeding for hours a day does a number on the muscles!
After a few weeks I went for short walks increasing the distance slowly by listening to my body.
At the 6 week check I was given the all clear by the GP. Unfortunately not much was actually checked and no considerations or guidelines were offered on how to ease back into exercise to avoid potential injury or damage to pelvic floor, diastis recti, and prolapse concerns.
This is why seeing a pelvic physio is so important!!!!!!
Around about 8 weeks the wonderful gave me some great exercises to help and at around 12 weeks I was ready to do more structured workouts. From there I’ve been building myself back up to lifting heavier weights.
Squats are my enemy currently 🤣
Slow, consistent work is what’s going to help me get my strength back and allow my body to safely heal from going through pregnancy, labour, birth, and early postpartum!