Books
The Female Pelvis, Blandine Calais-Germain
Essential Exercises for the Childbirthing Year, Elizabeth Noble
Wild Feminine, Tami Lynn Kent
Spiritual Midwifery, Ina May Gaskin
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin
Diastasis Recti, Kay Bowman
Blogs
mamaglow.com
a collaboration of specialists with wellness advice and birthing support.
wellroundedny.com
an online community focused on modern pregnancy and urban parenting.
scarrymommy.com
a vibrant community of millions of parents, brought together by a common theme: Parenting doesn’t have to be perfect.
Online Resources
NYC Wellness Practitioners
Lara Kohn Thompson, perinatal bodywork and yoga
The Functional Pelvis, pelvic floor physical therapist
Earth + Sky Healing Arts, wellness center offering therapeutic bodywork and acupuncture in Long Island City, Queens
Red Moon Massage, doula services, massage, and herbal medicine in Brooklyn
FemGyn, gynecologic urgent care
Articles
Remembering the Mothers of Gynecology, NPR
Cesarean Section: Helping Women Heal, Deb Goodman, MSPT
Postpartum Recovery: Helping New Moms Get Their Lives Back, Deb Goodman, MSPT
a note on Diastasis Recti
Dealing with Diastasis Recti (DR) is troubling for many. It afflicts all body types, from the toughest yogis to the least flexible movers.
The question as to whether one belly has DR over another depends on several variables:
what kind of activities you did leading up to & during pregnancy
whether you've had multiple pregnancies
how your body recovered from earlier pregnancies
how the soft tissue (linea alba) of your abdomen responded to your postpartum movement
Whether dealing with extreme separation or a more moderate one, there is always an opportunity for healing. Even if it's been years since your last pregnancy, the variables that are under your control now relate to how well you integrate deep core work into your everyday movement.
A consistent reinforcement of the pelvic floor and abdominal muscles will restore their elasticity and heal the linea alba that causes the separation.
The Breathing Body is a program that will support your DR healing process.
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