AboutHelene Byrne Expertise I can answer all questions regarding prenatal and postpartum fitness and exercise.
I will not answer any questions that are not related to prenatal and postpartum fitness and exercise. I will not answer questions regarding getting pregnant, or signs or symtoms, only fitness and exercise during and after pregnancy.
No due dates, medical problems during pregnancy, signs or symtpoms of pregnancy, pregnancy tests, vaginal problems/smells/discharge, periods or ovulation.
Experience Pre-and-Postnatal Exercise Specialist
ACE certified Personal Trainer
Author: "Exercise After Pregnancy: How to Look and Feel Your Best" Book
Author: "Bounce Back Fast! Post Natal Core Conditioning" DVD
Founder: BeFit-Mom
Teacher: Post Pregnancy Exercise Workshops
Organizations IDEA Health and Fitness Association
Publications numerous regional parenting magazine
Education/Credentials Dancing Thru Pregnancy, Pre/Post Natal Exercise Specialist Certification 2000
Resist-a-Ball Core Program, 1999
American Council on Exercise, Personal Trainer Certificate, 1999
Peak Performance, San Francisco, CA, Pilates Instructor Training Program, 1992
Health and Fitness Institute, Cal State Hayward, Personal Trainer Certificate, 1990
American College of Sports Medicine, Group Exercise Leader, 1989
Boston Conservatory, BFA/Dance, 1982
Awards and Honors �Bounce Back Fast! Post Natal Core Conditioning�, 2005. Winner of the Platinum Award from the Family Review Center, 2007.
Expert: Helene Byrne Date: 6/6/2008 Subject: bending over
Question im 32 weeks today and what to know should i still be bending over? is it ok? or should i not be bending over anymore? such things as picking up clothes on the floor,or laundry,my 6years things. please help
Answer When the belly gets really big, bending over becomes cumbersome for everyone. The best way to lift items off the floor is to do the "golfer's lift."
Place one hand on a chair, countertop, or wall for balance. Lift one foot off the floor. Teeter-totter your body forward, allowing the leg of the lifted foot to move backward a little bit. Your free hand can now easily reach down and pick up a light weight item off the floor. You can place light weight items down this way too.
If the item is larger/heavier, like a laundry basket, squat down as low as you can comfortably go, bringing your spine to a high front diagonal. Lift the item with both hands and immediately bring it under your belly, then straighten your legs as you bring your torso back up to vertical.
Very heavy items should not be lifted by women in the third trimester.
For your older child, sit down and have her climb up next to you, rather than lifting and carrying her. If you absolutely must carry her, do so for short distances only, and carry her to the side, and have her hold on with her arms and back leg so that she is supporting some of her own weight.
