If at any time during your exercise program you begin to feel lightheaded or experience heart palpitations or afterwards find that you have an increase in vaginal bleeding or have trouble walking or seeing, stop immediately and contact your health care provider. Also, be sure that your health care provider has approved your exercise routine in the postnatal period. Most women find that their stomach is the area of the body they most want to get back into its pre-pregnancy shape. They figure that if the stomach gets into shape than the hips, legs and upper arms will follow. The stomach is also one area that is the most noticeable to women. Sit ups may be the best exercise for abdominal muscles to get them in shape quickly but there are a couple of points to consider. The first is that your body should always be well padded by a rug or mat on the floor. You should always keep the small, or arch, of your back in contact with the floor. You can do this by keeping your knees bent and pushing your pelvis down. Kegel exercises, which you should have been doing throughout your pregnancy, are also good [...]
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