“An oasis of calm in a bustling metropolis.” Alice Baxter and her 39+5 bump enjoyed a morning being pampered with a pregnancy massage at the Spa Experience in Kensington. I am two days away from being induced with my second child. The scorching summer is long gone, it’s pouring down with rain but the only […]
TRIED & TESTED: Pregnancy Yoga at Frame, Shoreditch
At exactly 28 weeks into my second pregnancy, I decided that I would do a pregnancy yoga class. Sundays are known as ‘Daddy Sundays’, where I get most of the day to myself. I normally spend this hunkered down with my laptop, desperately trying to get all the things done I had promised myself I […]
We talk ‘Mumhood’ with Frame founder, Pip Black
Have you heard about Frame’s new offering, Mumhood? Since launching Move Your Frame in 2009 (Shoreditch was the original and there are now 5 studios in total in London), and re-inventing fun ways to get fit with classes such as Music Video and Bend It Like Barbie, as well as releasing their own activewear range, […]
TRIED & TESTED: Freida’s Pantry Bars
Freida’s is a range of 3 different bars which are aimed to support women before, during and after pregnancy. Packed with nutritionally-beneficial ingredients targeted at different stages, the bars aim to be a healthy and convenient snack for women on the go, who want to rest assured that when they get hungry, they’re eating well. […]
TRIED & TESTED: Sweetness in Bloom Pregnancy Massage
Dolphin Square is a unique part of Pimlico which is known for several things; it houses a fitness centre, lettings agency, spa and it also literally houses people, with a community of families living there. Situated a few minutes from Pimlico tube, there are many reasons to go and visit (anyone up for AquAllure water […]
TRIED & TESTED: Blok Bumps
If you’re pregnant and are after something a little more rousing that walking or pregnancy yoga then head over to Jodie’s Bumps group class at Blok London in Clapton. Not only is the studio a work of art (in an exposed brick hipster way) but Jodie is like a female Mr Motivator (better looking, obvs) […]
TRIED & TESTED: Bumps & Burpees with Charlie Launder
When you’re pregnant and suddenly unsure of what you should or shouldn’t be doing during pregnancy, whatever you do, don’t Google anything! Get yourself straight down to Lomax for a one-on-one PT session instead with Charlie Launder. Read on for our Bumps and Burpees review… I had been following Lomax gym on Instagram for a […]