Diary – Fit mama: The key training questions
Personal trainer Ange Noy is pregnant with her first child and trying to maintain her fitness level as best as possible while navigating sometimes conflicting advice from her endocrinologist, GP,...
View ArticleMore workplaces urged to support breastfeeding
More than one third of New Zealand employers are unaware of workplace breastfeeding legislation, a figure reflected in the lack of support for breastfeeding employees found in a study undertaken by...
View ArticleDiary – Fit mama: The final weeks
Personal trainer Ange Noy has recently had her first child and has been trying to maintain her fitness level as best as possible while navigating sometimes conflicting advice from her endocrinologist,...
View ArticlePregnancy Diary: Week 17 – Back into exercise
My confession (+ workout inspiration and bump shot!): So tomorrow I’m 18 weeks pregnant and although I’m a personal trainer I’ve only used my gym membership once in about the last three months....
View ArticlePregnancy & postnatal exercise: Is the fitness industry failing us?
Did you, or are you exercising during pregnancy? An article I recently read raised some valid points about something that has been particularly concerning to me lately – there are so many personal...
View ArticlePregnancy Diary: Week 20 – Dealing with aches & pains
We’re half way there! That’s definitely a cause to celebrate – as is the subsiding of nausea and fatigue – but now that bump is growing bigger the aches and pains are starting to settle in. Relaxin is...
View ArticlePregnancy Diary: Week 30 – Third trimester, cerclages & enforced bed rest
When they say that no two pregnancies are the same they’re not kidding! My first pregnancy was pretty much a breeze. As a personal trainer and regular exerciser I continued to stay active and work...
View ArticlePregnancy Diary: Week 32 – Gestational diabetes freakout & a sick household
Like the rest of this pregnancy, week 32 has been a decent rollercoaster ride; a milestone mark for high risk pregnancies, a second gestational diabetes test, a husband with the shingles, a chickenpox...
View ArticlePregnancy Diary: Week 36 – Cerclage removal & birth anxiety
Here we are at Week 36 – almost there as baby is considered full term at 37 weeks! It’s been a long and bumpy road, which got bumpier this week after the cerclage removal. Honestly. It’s like the...
View ArticlePregnancy Diary: Week 38 – The waiting game (& how to get baby to come sooner?)
So now we’re officially at a week past being full term which means cerclage success! Hurrah for that, but now that this pregnancy is at the business end, I’m oh-so-ready for this bebe to come and meet...
View ArticleRunning after pregnancy: Are you ready for it?
This was a post I was planning on writing shortly after my last pregnancy as it’s something I frequently get asked about as a personal trainer, but I never quite got around to it and now here I am...
View ArticlePostpartum Diary: 9 Weeks – Big babies, car crying & baby osteo
I thought I was going to be doing far more postpartum diaries; especially sooner following the birth, but it’s funny about having kids – you do forget how busy your days get, even if it’s not that long...
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