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Abdominal Seperation

Are you concerned about abdominal separation? Do you know how to address it? During pregnancy, most woman separate down the middle of their rectus abdominus (the six pack) a small amount. A small amount of separation is normal but pregnant women should take a preventative approach to prevent further separation that can lead to complete separation. At Fitmom, we recommend having your abdominals checked by a trained expert or caregiver one time in the first trimester, twice in the second,...

5 MUST DO TIPS FOR THE PRENATAL FITMOM WHO WANTS TO DO THINGS RIGHT

5  MUST DO TIPS FOR THE PRENATAL FITMOM WHO WANTS TO DO THINGS RIGHT 1. Abdominal separation checks by trimester: 2. Talk Test : Remember you can huff but you must still talk. The whole 140 -150 BPM that you may find still lurking the web in its outdated form is inaccurate. It dismisses the stage of pregnancy, level of fitness and age of the participant. The TALK TEST while not rocket science does keep the mom to be in a place of personal power to accurately assess safe cardiovascular acti...

Get Motivated Mama -”The Power of Now”

Everyone has this idea that I bounce out of bed every morning with a big grin on my face and energy to spare. "How do you do it?" is a question asked to me on the regular. I always laugh because clearly I present very differently then I feel. Depsite being continually honest over the years about the struggles that many people face with motivation not being unfamiliar to me. Motivation always comes second in my opinion. Motivation is a response to doing. Its like your brain wants to get on a movi...

FITMOM in the News

Check out FITMOM Okotoks.  Winter 2009

Bibagogo – A type “A” moms answer too mess free infants . Love it!

Check this out. It 's so funny how every new product makes me want to have another baby ( for 10 seconds ) . I also don't get how I still get so excited about a bib,but heres the deal. The neat freak in me is in love with the features of the Bibagogo . It comes with a spoon that locks away in its own compartent so it doesn't get crap all over my fancy now purse/diaper bag. Both sides wipe down and two cloth holders and the fact that my even 4 year old can't even yank it off ( the snaps are am...

Tis The Season to Remember What Matters

Im always a bit of a bummer around the holidays so Im told. The reason being is that I bring up the unspeakables. This year on my mind is on cancer. I think the consumer obsession that most of us know is overblown still sucks us in and for me I feel acknowledgment of the more important issues helps us all. Not everyone gets to enjoy the holidays. A woman I know this year would like nothing more than to fight off her cancer that has her bones breaking. (Its so painful for me to know this).It...

H1N1 – To Take The Shot Or Not – REPLAY OF THE LIVE CHAT

H1N1 - vaccination concerns and natural alternatives

My big boy!

I am at the airport thinking endlessly about the scene at drop off. My 10 year old clinging to me telling me not to go.  I feel so guilty:that endless mommy guilt . The truth is even though my 6 year old took it like a champ I know my oldest guy hurts and Im bothered by it. Perhaps the two week break will be just what the doctor ordered...or mabey that's  just me trying to make myself feel better.  The truth is I am so confused at these moments in parenting. Why? Because like everything there ar...

Welcome to my blog!

Today is the first day of my blog. Its official Im now an internet mama on the go! This weekend ahead is one of the busiest of the year so why not now. I will sharing with you all of my adventures and insights. Im off to the airport to take a red eye flight with my 4 year old. When we get to Toronto Im dropping him off with his god mother and then straight to the babytime trade show! www.babytime.ca