The Healthy Post Natal Body Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Peter talks pelvic girdle pain this week. It's something a LOT of women suffer from post-partum and it's often just lived with rather than resolved. This is often because women are not told  what to look out for and therefore report any issues quite late on. Getting to your doctor, to be referred to a pelvic floor physio, is essential and doing this as soon as possible w...

Send us Fan Mail "I never had diastasis recti after my first pregnancy but my second was really bad" Does this sound familiar? Peter talks about why many women feel that their diastasis recti was significantly worse during/after their second pregnancy and why it was disastrous after their 4th. This seems to be down to a fundamental misunderstanding about what diastasis recti actually is...

Send us Fan Mail Having trouble getting your little one to sleep? Is your toddler being a little tyke when it comes to bed time? Dealing with twin terrors? I interview Rebecca Donsky who loves tricky sleepers so much she specialises in them! Rebecca is a certified sleep consultant who runs Littlemonstersleepsolutions.com in New York. Don't worry if you're not in New York, she also does v...

Send us Fan Mail  An episode where I just spend time answering your questions again. You have been very kind and emailed in, sent DMs and all that sort of fun stuff so I have a chance to answer them all. As always email Peter@healthypostnatalbody.com if you have any questions you'd like answered. We're covering the following questions this week. How often should I train each week? How do...

Send us Fan Mail An episode with special guest Alexandra Maia, one of the most knowledgable and passionate guests I've ever had the luxury of having on the podcast. We are talking Food addiction, and MANY other things. Alexandra shares her story, and her incredible knowledge about food addiction, both the psychology and physiology. We touch on many things in this, longer than usual, episode....

Send us Fan Mail Peter interviews Diane Randall M.A. Diane is a "whole living consultant; an expert  in advising people how to live the best life for them. She's an author, consultant, a college instructor and overall just a great person to spend an hour with. Just some of the topics we're covering; How do you even begin to figure out  what the first step to living a less-stress/mor...

Send us Fan Mail Peter talks about supplements (Vit D, protein powders, Quercetin etc. etc. Should you take them or are they useless? For those of you who like to read; This is an interesting opinion piece about Vit D whereas Peter has written about protein supplementation before and you can find that here . He also talks about "How to find the time to exercise" when it comes to rehab ex...

Send us Fan Mail In an episode Jess suggested calling "The minority report" (j/k); Peter talks about diastasis recti in men, the causes and solutions. He has the example of a ballet dancer that emailed him a few years ago that he worked with. And how to fix diastasis recti when you're in a wheelchair. Most, if not all, programs dealing with diastasis and post-partum issues tend to b...

Send us Fan Mail Peter waffles about calories, macros and food quality. Which matters more?? This seems to be an age-old discussion online and is one of those areas that the fitness industry, deliberately, overcomplicates. So Peter will answer the questions about this once, and hopefully, for all. He talks about eating for health, eating for weightloss, eating for performance and all those things....

Send us Fan Mail Peter waffles, very passionately, his way through another episode talking about; When can diastasis recti be diagnosed? Some are suggesting DR can't properly be diagnosed until a year post-partum. Peter explains why it is a mistake to say so and leads to bigger problems down the line. He gets VERY passionate about this one. Why the government's new "obesity drive&qu...

Send us Fan Mail After last week's internet problems, we have a triumphant return (If I do say so myself) Peter talks about setting goals and what the single most important question is that most people forget to ask; What are you willing to give up? Has your PT/ coach/boss told you what you need to do to achieve your goals? He also touches on a "I am qualified so I am an expert" dis...

Send us Fan Mail Peter answers some questions he recieved this week. "Where to start when you want to start exercising again after a long time if you have no diastasis but are just a little bit unfit?" How long should you spend in the gym? What sort of exercises should you do? Should you lift light or heavy? How intense should it be? And how long should you do cardio for? Here's a l...

Send us Fan Mail Peter waffles about the dietary-theory of 12 kinds of hunger . Is this legit or is this just a whole bunch of psychobabble to make weightloss sound more complicated than it really is? He's also talking about "exercise for weightloss". Gyms are opening up again in Scotland and a LOT of women have been emailing in asking what the best exercise for weightloss is. He ex...

Send us Fan Mail Yet another podcast where a large chunk of it is taken up by Peter talking about Diastasis Recti. There seems to be a BIG misconception about whether exercise can make your diastasis recti worse or not. Some studies are now claiming that "No, certain exercises (sit-ups/crunches etc) can not make DR worse." whereas the commonly held "belief" said that they can....

Send us Fan Mail Peter had an extra coffee this afternoon and it really shows. He waffles, at a million words per minute, about "above navel diastasis recti". Basically this is where you do not have a gap below the belly button but you do above it. This in response to a couple of emails about it this week where members with above navel DR had some questions; Why do we/should we still wor...

Send us Fan Mail Tonight Peter waffles about consistency and perseverance. He was talking to someone this week who had tried 2 post-partum exercise programs in the past year and neither had given her any results with her diastasis recti. A lot of the diastasis recti support forums are full of women with the same experience. And the problem for these ladies is almost inevitably the same. So Peter t...

Send us Fan Mail  Tonight Peter responds to a question he had about "Intuitive Eating". One of his clients has been trying this "diet" for a while, after buying the book about it, but can't seem to get it right and is even gaining weight. Peter explains the problem with Intuitive Eating for weightloss and what you can do to do it successfully, without spending money on the...

Send us Fan Mail Tonight Peter apologises for last weeks "weak....very weak" episode. After that discusses he different kinds of post-partum backpain. What causes them and how to fix them. Backpain from being pregnant and backpain from doing "mum" things are not the same and they require a different focus when trying to resolve them. In the news this week; This study , once aga...

Send us Fan Mail It's the 100th episode of the Healthy Post Natal Body podcast and boy is Peter waffling through this episode! Tonight Peter discusses the importance of hydration, and what to drink, and diet for post-natal recovery..including diastasis recti. Why a PERSONALISED approach is key to good post-natal health. In the news this week; Language matters. There is only one story in the n...

Send us Fan Mail We love a good Q&A session and you have responded with some excellent questions when we asked you a couple of days ago. Peter does his biggest Q and A session yet; How can I speed up my post-natal recovery? How to spot a good post-natal exercise program, and how to spot a bad one. Do you need to take fitness supplements during pregnancy or postpartum? Is a 28-day challenge a g...

Send us Fan Mail  Peter interviews Viktoriya Yurkovetskiy. Viktoriya is an IBCLC (Lactation Consultant) working with families and organizations We are talking all things breastfeeding related. Breastfeeding expectations vs reality. How breastfeeding isn't meant to be painful. Myths vs breastfeeding truths and how to prepare yourself during pregnancy. How to incorporate breastfeeding into goin...

Send us Fan Mail Peter interviews Catherine O’Brien a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the founder of HappyWithBaby.com .  She's the author of Happy With Baby: Essential Relationship Advice When Partners Become Parents. She also acts as a California state co-coordinator for Postpartum Support International and also helped to establish A Mother’s Heart in Sacramento, where mothers wi...

Send us Fan Mail Peter interviews Rebecca Michi. Rebecca is a sleep consultant with some tremendous insights into how to get your children to sleep better. We are talking everything from early post-natal sleep to sleep training when they get a bit older. Is there such a thing as "a good or a bad" sleeper? What is actually realistic for a young baby? Why the first 12 weeks are not the tim...

Send us Fan Mail Peter interviews Fozia Haynes. Fozia is the founder of Bodyotics , the pelvic floor specialists. We are talking all things pelvic floor related but not in a horrible, dry, too-much-jargon sort of way.  This is a great chat that will answer a lot of women's questions about pelvic floor issues they might be having. Why the pelvic floor is important. We're talking when you...

Send us Fan Mail Peter interviews Heather Vickery, a success and leadership coach and host of The Brave Files podcast . She is a mother of 4 (!!!) daughters and author of 2 gratitude books/journals; Gratitude Journal "Shift your focus" and Grow Grateful ; "A gratitude journal for kids and families" which you can find  on Amazon . Almost more important than that; she is one of t...