Can A Pregnant Woman Safely Lift Weights? The Old School Philosophy Says, “No Way!” To Pregnancy And Weightlifting People of yesteryear, especially those over 70 or so, may not have the same ideas regarding weightlifting as younger folks. People of the younger generations, like myself, associate weightlifting with fitness and health. Many of our elders […]
Information Overload Anxiety During Pregnancy Pregnancy and Postnatal Information Sharing Is Good Practice As a licensed health care professional working with the pregnant population, I often help women and families by providing information. This information could be links to studies, reputable web links, or suggestions of topics for further investigation on their own. We even […]
Can A Breastfeeding Postnatal Patient Eat a Keto Diet? This question is asked of me quite frequently. This is what I have to say. Prescribing Is Outside My Scope of Practice Of course, I am a Certified Lactation Professional and Licensed Perinatal LMT, so prescribing is outside my scope of practice. I can suggest […]
This piece is aimed, specifically at the pregnant population of our woman readers, and of course, their loved ones. Remember when you were starting to show? Did you notice that nearly everyone around you started smiling and trying to help you in whatever way they could? That was cool. It really was. Humanity at its […]