Exercising after birth is in my opinion seriously undervalued.
I am going to be a bit blunt here, but if you want candy coating which will only lead you astray, I can't help, so lets get to the truth.
Too often I see young mums serioulsy overweight and I have come to the conclusion that Post pregnancy is possibly more challenging for these young mums than most people realise. With the cost of living, the breakdown of the extended family unit and modern day pressures of life in Britian, I think young mums feel quite desperate and deserted.
Combine this with the post preganancy weight gain and post preganancy depression, coping becomes a real task.
This brings me to an extremly important point. If the lower back is not stretched and the core and abdominal muscles are not strenghtened after the birth, there is a good chance that you will sustain a back injury especialy if you had a cesarian birth. Cutting through the stomach muscles destroys your midsection strength and stability. As the child starts to grow and get heavier, lifting him/her will increase the risk even further. I is not unusual to sustain a life changing back injury caused by this combination of factors.
Hey if you have got this far down the page, don't you owe it to yourself and your child to get in to shape?