Whether you are currently expecting or planning a new addition to your family, you deserve to be supported and feel prepared for the journey of pregnancy! You also deserve to have a smooth postpartum recovery where you can spend quality time with your new bub.

Created by a Women's Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, the Prenatal BABEs program was designed to safely guide expecting mothers through one of the most challenging and beautiful times of their lives.

The program sheds light on the following must-know information for all expecting mamas:

• What is normal or not during for your body during pregnancy and early motherhood - so you can seek help if needed.
• How you can reduce your risk of pelvic floor issues, abdominal separation, and pelvic pain during and after pregnancy.
• What you can do to help set yourself up for a smooth postpartum recovery - so you can spend stress-free time with your beautiful baby.
• How to get back to what you love with who you love safely postpartum.
• Provides you with movements, habits, and lifestyle changes that you can implement today that will set you up for lifelong pelvic health. 

Pregnancy often comes with a whirlwind of organising and learning, including reading parenting and birthing books, getting essentials like a pram, baby clothes, and nappies for bub, not to mention planning for maternity leave, and ensuring good prenatal nutrition and supplements. However, preparing your body for pregnancy and childbirth is just as essential, especially if you want to improve your chances of a smooth postpartum recovery. 

 The Importance of Being Prepared

I'm going to let you in on a secret most women aren't aware of - your postpartum recovery starts right now! Before your bub arrives, before your birth, even before you become pregnant. Setting yourself up for the best possible postpartum recovery means preparation. 

If you were going to run a marathon, you would, of course, train for it first. This would help you to build up the physical endurance, motor patterns, and strength required to complete this amazing task. While there are certainly many factors that can affect pregnancy and delivery if you want to have a comfortable pregnancy, a smooth delivery, and a good recovery postpartum, preparing and moving your body well during (or even before) your pregnancy can help you achieve that goal.

I've treated hundreds of women over the years for a wide range of post pregnancy issues, and one question I frequently hear that breaks my heart is:

"Why didn't anyone tell me this could happen beforehand?" 

Many women didn't even know that these dysfunctions - pelvic floor issues like prolapse and bowel dysfunction, or abdominal separation - were even a possibility during and after pregnancy, or that there was actually something that could be done to help reduce the severity or their risk of these issues BEFORE baby came.

I don't want that to happen to you. I don't want you to have to have to deal with the stress and pain that I see many of my patients go through as a result of pregnancy and birth related issues! I wouldn't wish this one any woman, especially a new mama!

Did you know:

• 1 in 3 women experience incontinence after pregnancy (Bø, et al.,2001)
• Up to 67.5% of all women will experience some form of pelvic floor dysfunction in their lives. (Kepenekci, et al., 2011)
• 45% of first-time mums still showed an abdominal separation of 2 finger widths or greater at 6 months postpartum, and 32% at 12 months. (Sperstad, et al., 2016)

Not inspiring statistics by any means and a trend I'd love to stop in its tracks. These pelvic floor issues are also the very reason I've created this course, I've never been more convinced of its necessity based on the patients that I'm often seeing at my practice. The modern world is a tough place for your body and your pelvis, as many of the functional movements and habits that we would have completed naturally are now no longer part of our daily routine - resulting in ever increasing pregnancy-related dysfunctions. 

I designed the Prenatal BABEs as a step-by-step program to reduce your risk of pregnancy and birth related issues and set you up for a smooth recovery postpartum - The blueprint for you to help prepare yourself for the best postpartum recovery if you will.

Everything You Need - All In One Place

The Prenatal BABEs course has been designed for Mamas-to-be, whether you are currently trying to conceive, or if you are already pregnant with your first or third babe. Drawing from my years of training and experience working with over a thousand women, this program incorporates all of the information, movements, exercises, and habits every Mama needs to optimise their pelvic floor and core function during and after pregnancy - and set them up for a postpartum recovery that lets them spend quality time with their baby.

1 - Walking for Pregnancy Health
2 - The Whole-Body Approach
3 - Whole Body Pelvic Floors
4 - Alignment For Pregnancy and Life
5 - Exercise During Pregnancy
6 - Pregnancy Related Dysfunctions - Understand to Prevent
7 - Diastasis Recti
8 - Importance of Squatting for Your Pelvic Floor
9 - Show Time - Labour & Delivery
10 - Early Postpartum Care

Essential and unique information you need to know about preparing your body and pelvic floor over 10 core video modules. Learn about the importance of alignment, the whole-body approach to preparation and safe exercise during and after pregnancy. You'll also learn about possible dysfunctions you could encounter and how to prevent them, or when you should seek help. Lastly, we'll look in depth at preparing you for the big day, and help you through the joys of early motherhood and your postpartum recovery. All arranged in a step-by-step intuitive manner so that as the content builds, so does your understanding and level of preparedness. 

Get up and get moving with these awesome flows - one for each trimester! Each filmed 20minute flow has an accompanying instructional video to make sure you're doing the movements safely and effectively - and you can watch these as many times as you need and as often as you like! Turn on your favourite music and get in the zone.

Breastfeeding - With Dr. Sharnie McCook
Mindfulness - With Amy Dawes
Exercise In Pregnancy - With Jessie Mundell
Movement Tips with Baby - With Erin Miskin

Gain some awesome knowledge bombs from truly amazing women's health practitioners! Everything from mindfulness, to breastfeeding, to exercise during pregnancy, and all about baby's development to take your knowledge and preparation to the next level.

Have a question? Need support? Worry not! You'll also be provided with access to the private PRENATAL BABEs Facebook group that I check regularly! Discuss all things pelvic floor and pregnancy here with other mums and mums-to-be.

No need to go it alone!

Here you'll be able to have your questions answered, feel supported, and encouraged by other women on the same journey. I will also be checking this as often as possible to help in any way I can. For more personal or in-depth questions, I can be contacted via email, or Skype sessions can also be scheduled.

Your Passionate Instructor

 Hi, I'm Sami and I'll be your guide through your pregnancy journey! 

I have a huge passion for helping and educating women and love every minute of working with pregnant mums! I am one of only two practitioners in the world who is trained as both a Women's Health Physiotherapist and a Restorative Exercise Specialist under Nutritious Movement^TM.

What does this mean for you?

This means you're qualified and experienced hands with a unique approach that takes into account your whole body and how it all connects!

Through my experience treating, educating, and helping hundreds of women, I've seen just how important it is to have this knowledge and prepare your body before baby comes. This means looking beyond just how strong your pelvic floor is, but how functional it is, as well as how you move, your alignment, and lifestyle choices that may impact your pelvic floor health, preparation for pregnancy and your ability to recover postpartum.

This approach has totally revolutionised my practice and this is what I want to share with you!

I want you to be able to enjoy your pregnancy and your new baby without worrying about pain or dysfunction, and get back to what you love safely!