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Breastfeeding is hard. I just want to start there. Although its "natural" and "our bodies were made to do it", its still really really HARD. Sometimes our babies don't latch well (I'll do another post soon on reasons why that is, and how to get help!), sometimes our nipples get so sore and chapped that they bleed. Sometimes babies go on nursing strikes. Sometimes we have to go back to work, and we can't find time to pump, or we don't respond well to a pump, or (if you're

I'm back with stretch #3! This is the last post in the series of most common muscle imbalances I see in my pregnant patients, and the stretches that I prescribe for home use between office visits. As always, make sure to talk to your healthcare provider before beginning any exercise regimen during pregnancy (and if I'm not your healthcare provider yet, give me a call!) Similar to the Psoas muscle, the Quadratus Lumborum (or QL as I'm going to call it from now on, because that

Hello again! I'm back with the second installment in our series of most common muscle imbalances I see in my pregnant patients, and the stretches that I prescribe for home use between office visits. As always, make sure to talk to your healthcare provider before beginning any exercise regimen during pregnancy (and if I'm not your healthcare provider yet, give me a call!) Let's talk about the psoas muscle. The iliopsoas muscle is a hip flexor (helps pull your leg up when you'

Hello again! I'm starting a series today of blogs in which I write about common muscle imbalances I see during pregnancy, and the home exercises/stretches that I prescribe to my patients to offer relief between visits. As always, make sure to talk to your healthcare provider before beginning any exercise regimen during pregnancy (and if I'm not your healthcare provider yet, give me a call!) Piriformis Syndrome is incredibly common, and not only in pregnant women. In today's