Pilates for Pregnancy

Pilates for Pregnancy is a straight talking, woman-to-woman exercise guide, focusing on pelvic floor and core strength, to improve your health, mood and energy during pregnancy.
Clear, step-by-step Pilates exercises, tailored for the demands of each trimester, show you how to:
- improve your posture as your bump grows
- protect your back - especially when lifting older children
- optimise the position of your baby for a better birth experience
- help you release tension and create a positive mindset for birth
- reconnect and restore your core postnatally, focusing on your pelvic floor muscles - including for Caesarean recovery.
You'll find helpful advice and motivational tips from mums throughout, explaining how much Pilates improved their strength, birth experience and postnatal recovery, to help you prepare physically and mentally for your new arrival.

Anya Hayes is a mat Pilates instructor specialising in bumps and mums. She is a member of the Body Control Pilates Association. Anya is the author of four other books, My Pilates Guru, A Little Course in Pilates, Pregnancy: the Naked Truth, and The Supermum Myth. Anya blogs at motherswellnesstoolkit.wordpress.com. Find her on Instagram: @mothers.wellness.toolkit.

Introduction
1 Pilates Fundamentals
2 The First Trimester (0-13 weeks)
3 The Second Trimester (13-26 weeks)
4 The Third Trimester (27-40+ weeks)
5 The Birth
6 Th Fourth Trimester - Your Postnatal Recovery
Acknowledgements
Resources
Index