Welcome to Pregnant & Strong - this podcast aims to help more people feel mentally and physically strong in pregnancy. From myth busting, to conversations with experts - many mums themselves, to practical tips and sharing of research - the aim of each episode is to leave you feeling motivated and, most importantly, empowered to move more during your pregnancy and in turn feel stronger.
Pregnant & Strong
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Welcome to Pregnant & Strong - this podcast aims to help more people feel mentally and physically strong in pregnancy. From myth busting, to conversations with experts - many mums themselves, to practical tips and sharing of research - the aim of each episode is to leave you feeling motivated and, most importantly, empowered to move more during your pregnancy and in turn feel stronger.
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March 23, 2026
Answering Your Biggest Pregnancy Questions
<p>Welcome to Pregnant & Strong - this podcast aims to help more people feel mentally and physically strong in pregnancy. From myth busting, to conversations with experts - all mums themselves, to practical tips and sharing of research - the aim of each episode is to leave you feeling motivated and most importantly, empowered to move more during your pregnancy.</p><p>This is the final episode and is a little different from the others. Here I answer audience (and friends and clients) questions about all things pregnancy & exercise. We touch on lots of topics. This episode has to come with a trigger warning as I discuss exercise after miscarriage and baby loss, so please do skip that part or this episode altogether if now is not the right time to listen for you. I am really excited about sharing this episode, as many of these questions were questions I get asked a lot when coaching, with clients, and women I work with - I have added specific studies I reference in the chat - but please do get in touch if you would like me to share any more evidence or studies that support anything discussed. I hope, as always, that this goes some way to increase your confidence in how important movement is in pregnancy and helps empower you to make informed choices that leave you feeling mentally and physically strong on your pregnancy journey. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Studies referenced or mentioned in this chat:</strong></p><p>Mottola MF, Nagpal TS, Bgeginski R, et al. (2019), <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30337348/">Is supine exercise associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes? A systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine,</a> 53(2), 82–89.</p><p>Nina-Margrethe Theodorsen, Kari Bø, et al, (2024). <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38472049/"><u>Pregnant women may exercise both abdominal and pelvic floor muscles during pregnancy without increasing the diastasis recti abdominis: a randomised trial - randomised control trial, 100 women</u></a> </p><p>Margie Dvenport, et al, (2023) <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-023-01858-5"><u>Maternal and Fetal Cardiovascular Responses to Acute High-Intensity Interval and Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training Exercise During Pregnancy: A Randomized Crossover Trial | Sports Medicine | Springer Nature Link</u></a> </p><p>Guidelines on physical activity in pregnancy - <a href="https://csepguidelines.ca/guidelines/%20pregnancy/"><u>https://csepguidelines.ca/guidelines/%20pregnancy/</u></a> </p><p><strong>Resources & Recommendations to take away this week</strong></p><p><a href="https://pelvicare.uk/"><strong>Women’s Health Physio</strong></a><strong> (Iona’s recommendation - her own physio)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thestrongmamaphysio?igsh=MWl5NTZ1aWVvODJkag=="><strong>Aby Tobin</strong></a><strong> - Women’s Health Physio from Episode 3</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nesting.nutrition?igsh=ZWZoMzFocHJvMTIx"><strong>Hayley Fishwick </strong></a><strong>- Nutritionist - fertility specialist</strong></p><p><a href="https://thepablproject.com/?fbclid=PAVERFWAQg9fBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAadwnUN6Y75sZ2dIuDwmRMD1j9TQS9s3vSXxQGxAFXh5p6gb6BlOtP3pMdlk4w_aem_BPgAwQn8KOq3nGfau-IroA"><strong>Postpartum After Baby Loss</strong></a><strong> - support for women and families after baby loss</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/drmargiedavenport?igsh=NXd3OTFvZmN6M3ls"><strong>Margie Davenport </strong></a><strong>- expert in pregnancy and postpartum exercise </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dr.christina_prevett?igsh=eWtiemRrZnp2NGM5"><strong>Dr Christina Prevett </strong></a><strong>- Post Doc Research Fellow, exercise & pregnancy/ pelvic floor </strong></p><p>Don’t forget to drop your comments wherever you listen to your podcasts, share with others, and spread the word.</p><p>You can find me on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/strongwithionamumby?igsh=d3Q0bHU1NXdzamx4&utm_source=qr"><u> @strongwithionamumby</u></a></p><p><br></p>
March 16, 2026
Why Nervous System Health and the Power of Slowing Down are so Important in Pregnancy
<p>Welcome to Pregnant & Strong - this podcast aims to help more people feel mentally and physically strong in pregnancy. From myth busting, to conversations with experts - all mums themselves, to practical tips and sharing of research - the aim of each episode is to leave you feeling motivated and most importantly, empowered to move more during your pregnancy.</p><p>This chat was everything I had hoped for and more. Georgie is an old friend and one whom I have known through many phases of both our lives - this chat dived into our own personal experiences of connecting with our nervous systems, the journeys we have been on, and how this awareness of our nervous system supported us in pregnancy, birth, and beyond. We touch on sensitive issues such as postpartum PTSD and postnatal depression, and some other mental health-related topics. What Georgie brings to the pregnancy space is the belief that tuning in with our bodies, connecting with our breath, and using simple tools to shift our state to one that is more calm and balanced has an impact on key life events like birth. We try really hard to share positive strategies you can use easily at home throughout the episode, and Georgie also guides us through a gorgeous breathwork practice at the end of the pod, which you can take away into your day, week and moving forward. </p><p>We touched on postnatal depression and Georgie’s experience of this, we didn’t dive deeply into this topic, and so wanted to share some resources you could use if you feel like you are suffering from this or any other pre- or postnatal-related mental health concerns:</p><p><strong>Resources to support mental health in pregnancy & postpartum:</strong></p><p><a href="https://pandasfoundation.org.uk">https://pandasfoundation.org.uk</a> </p><p><strong>Georgie’s recommendations to take away this week were:</strong></p><p>Yoga Nidra practice (free nidras available <a href="https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/nidras/">https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/nidras/</a> </p><p>Breathwork </p><p>Georgie offers private online pregnancy yoga - please reach out to her here to find out more by emailing <a href="mailto:georgieburtinshawyoga@gmail.com">georgieburtinshawyoga@gmail.com</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgie_burtinshaw_yoga?igsh=MXhjMnM1Mmc0dXI2bw=="><u>georgie_burtinshaw_yoga</u></a></p><p>Georgie discussed charities she is supporting that are supporting mothers and pregnant people around around world (in Gaza specifically) - if you would like to find out more or support them please see the links below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gina.org.uk">https://www.gina.org.uk</a> </p><p>Don’t forget to drop your comments wherever you listen to your podcasts, share with others, and spread the word.</p><p>You can find me on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/strongwithionamumby?igsh=d3Q0bHU1NXdzamx4&utm_source=qr"><u> @strongwithionamumby</u></a></p><p>You can find Georgie on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgie_burtinshaw_yoga?igsh=MXhjMnM1Mmc0dXI2bw=="><u>georgie_burtinshaw_yoga</u></a><br></p>
March 9, 2026
An Honest Conversation About All Things Pregnancy
<p>Welcome to Pregnant & Strong - this podcast aims to help more people feel mentally and physically strong in pregnancy. From myth busting, to conversations with experts - many mums themselves, to practical tips and sharing of research - the aim of each episode is to leave you feeling motivated and most importantly, empowered to move more during your pregnancy.</p><p>This chat is an honest and, at times, quite eye-opening chat about pregnancy and birth. This episode must come with a trigger warning - we discuss everything from baby loss, to sharing our birth stories in detail, to other pregnancy-related symptoms. Whilst we hope that the chat goes some way to open up the narrative around pregnancy and birth, and know that many of you will find this relatable and hopefully helpful, it may not be the right time to listen if the above content may be upsetting or triggering for you at this time. It is an extremely frank and unfiltered chat - and one that I think should be shared more and more often but it needs to be the right time for you to listen - so please feel free to skip this one or come back to it (just to be aware we begin to talk about birth in the second half of the pod so if you’d like to listen until then just stop when we get to that point).</p><p>I really hope this honest chat is supportive and that you find listening to two mums talk about their experiences, unfiltered, as refreshing as we did recording it.</p><p>Hayley’s recommendations to take away this week were:</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/is-it-normal-the-pregnancy-podcast-with-jessie-ware/id1584474367">Is it Normal - Jessie Ware podcast</a></p><p><a href="https://thepositivebirthcompany.com/digital-pack">Hypnobirthing Course - The Positive Birthing Company</a></p><p>Don’t forget to drop your comments wherever you listen to your podcasts, share with others, and spread the word.</p><p>You can find me on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/strongwithionamumby?igsh=d3Q0bHU1NXdzamx4&utm_source=qr"><u> @strongwithionamumby</u></a></p><p>You can find Hayley on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/haylesdoeshealth?igsh=dXc0bGV1bXF4dHNr"><u>@hayleydoeshealth</u></a> and on her nutritional therapy account <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nesting.nutrition?igsh=ZWZoMzFocHJvMTIx"><u>@nesting.nutrition</u></a> and her website <a href="https://www.nestingnutrition.co.uk/"><u>https://www.nestingnutrition.co.uk/</u></a> - please do reach out to her if you are interested in working with her.</p>
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