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Women's Stories
Every woman will have a story about her pregnancy . . .
Every mother has a story about her pregnancy – some joyful, some emotional, and sometimes painful. But many women have told us they don’t have a story to share about being active during pregnancy. Too often they received little, conflicting, or no advice or support on what they could do safely.
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When positive stories of 'active pregnancies' aren’t shared, we risk creating a culture where being active during pregnancy – or as a new mum – isn’t seen as a positive experience, even though it can have huge benefits for the health and wellbeing of both women and their babies.
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We want to change that by sharing real stories, and we’d love to hear yours.
If you’d like to share your experience, drop us a line and we’ll send you our story brief.
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"The shift from doing light chores at home to doing a full day of physical work felt quite intense and took a toll on my body in the evenings. Still, staying active was very important to me."
"Balancing a newborn and exercising is difficult. Especially when I’m far away from my family."
"I've got a rare gene called Factor V Leiden, so, if I don't exercise, there's more chance I'll get a clot.
Walking makes so much difference just to be active like that."
"I’ve been on both sides of the fertility treatment journey, first as a support for my partner, and then undergoing treatment myself. Being physically active has been a high priority of mine, because I know there are mental and physical health benefits, so I wanted to remain active throughout my fertility treatment journey."
"My body didn’t feel like mine and I didn’t have and couldn’t find the information I needed to allow me to keep working out safely."
"When I discovered I was pregnant I was thrilled, but also knew I wanted to keep active, not only for mine and baby’s health but my mind too."
"I was aware that I was being looked at more and overheard one lady say to her daughter “she’s mad!”
"... I expected to want to get straight back into cycling and Pilates but found that the idea of being away from this amazing tiny human was too much for me mentally..."
"I felt amazed at what my body was capable of - although I was training less, in many ways I felt stronger than ever."
"I had hoped to get cycling again quite quickly after giving birth but then the pandemic hit, and all my work dried up and I was just stuck at home with my son and PND."
