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Marathon mama! Mum gives birth after completing 26 mile race
By Lara Brunt on 13/10/2011 14:20:39
A super-fit US mum delivers a healthy baby girl, after going into labour just hours after finishing a marathon.
the gruelling 26.2-mile Chicago Marathon on Sunday.After completing the course in a very respectable six hours, 25 minutes, Amber headed home to rest her tired muscles and grab something to eat.But her unborn baby had other ideas. Amber and hubby Joe, 32, headed
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Flexi TENS
By Bodyclock on 02/02/2007 14:49:09
A new innovative small TENS unit that is easy to use in the home, or carry around on your travels.
Flexi TENSA new innovative small TENS unit that is easy to use in the home, or carry around on your travels. The price is pretty amazing as well as the Flexi TENS can be purchased for just £29.95 (Ex VAT).Flexi TENS – Ultra Light – Ultra
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Focused Fitness: Tone-up the arms
By Maria Muennich on 01/11/2007 10:14:12
Banish the batwings with these simple exercises and some general weight-loss
and regular cardio-vascular exercise (running, brisk walking, swimming, aerobics, cycling etc.) to to lose weight and specific exercises to tone the arm muscles. Luckily the upper arm area is quite easy to target with simple exercises that need little
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Exercise during pregnancy: Focus on yoga
By ThinkBaby on 01/09/2009 13:19:16
Antenatal yoga practice can bring great benefit to pregnant mums, before, during and after labour
Why yoga?Yoga is a great form of pregnancy exercise suitable for most women. Antenatal yoga helps in building up muscle tone, developing flexibility, aligning your body correctly for good posture, boosting your energy levels and also helps you
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How to lose post-baby weight - by walking
By Maria Muennich on 12/01/2010 12:54:57
You don't need a fancy exercise plan to start shifting the post-baby pounds, simply getting out for good long walks will do both you and baby good
Why walking?Walking is an incredibly flexible form of exercise that's very easy to fit into your everyday activities, doesn't require any special equipment or gym trips, is completely free and can be a very efficient way of burning fat. What's more
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Focused Fitness: Yoga for mums
By Maria Muennich on 17/10/2007 10:55:28
So everybody from Madonna to your dentist is doing it, but what's so great about yoga and how is it particularly helpful to mums?
Why use yoga for exercise?Try and get past the trendiness and celebrity-bandwagon-jumping of modern yoga for a second and you'll be able to appreciate why the ancient Indian form of spiritual and physical exercise has become so wildly popular. First
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Victoria Beckham can’t hold Harper
By Sophie Westnedge on 19/08/2011 13:05:03
Victoria’s slipped disc means she is in too much pain to hold baby Harper
at her Malibuholiday home where she has imposed a strict food regime,’ says a source from The Daily Mail. The idea that Victoria has been frantically exercising seems strange considering recent reports that she had given up her gym space to make room
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Heat control: Avoiding saunas and hot tubs
By ThinkBaby on 21/04/2009 01:54:42
Why hot tubs, saunas and hot baths should all be avoided during pregnancy
. Overheating – a risk for your babyThe first reason for caution is a potential risk to the developing fetus. Heat treatments like these, and even hot baths at home, could raise your core body temperature and even raise the temperature of the amniotic fluid
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Fetal development: Week 5
By ThinkBaby on 30/05/2005 11:10:33
Things are happening faster than you might think
’re pregnant or not, a home pregnancy test this week should give you the answer. While you may get a false negative test, a false positive is very unlikely. If you haven’t already, than now is the time to think about making an appointment with your doctor
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Fetal development: Weeks 1-4
By ThinkBaby on 18/07/2009 01:12:53
Where it all begins
pregnancy.For most women this is around the time when they suspect that they may be pregnant, usually when a period is late. If you have some slight spotting around this time then it’s probably implantation bleeding, and nothing to worry about.Most home
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