Exercise After Miscarriage: What Your Body Needs
Content note: This post and episode discuss miscarriage and recovery. If now isn't the right time, it will be here when you're ready.
When you lose a pregnancy, you're often sent home with very little. Maybe a follow-up appointment, maybe a pamphlet. Almost never a word about your body and what it needs next.
But your body was pregnant. It went through real changes, and it deserves real recovery.
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and that's why I'm recording this episode. Too many women are left guessing in the weeks after a loss. They wonder whether they're allowed to move, whether they should push through, or why they feel so different than they expected. Often they feel all of this quietly, on their own.
In this episode, I share my own story. I was already a mom and hoping for baby number two. I'll be honest about what those weeks felt like, physically and emotionally. I'll also share what I wish someone had told me and what finally helped me feel steady again.
From there, we'll talk about what's actually happening in your body after a miscarriage. Some of it may explain things you've been feeling but couldn't name. We'll also cover the signs that mean it's time to call your provider.
Then I'll walk you through how to ease back into movement using the same Base → Build → Beyond approach I use with the moms I coach. It's a gentle, intentional path that meets you where you are and lets you set the timeline.
Most of all, I want you to leave this episode knowing that movement in this season can feel like care. Rest is part of the process.
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I’m Nicole, Pre/Postnatal Fitness Coach and founder of Strong Mama Wellness. I take the confusion out of exercising in pregnancy and postpartum and help women strengthen their body for pregnancy, delivery, and recovery. You deserve to have a thriving, healthy pregnancy and postpartum journey!
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