Mums & Bubs Pilates Reformer, Tower and Barre
New Mums
Mums & bubs classes and postnatal classes
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Mums and bubs Pilates classes and Postnatal Pilates classes in Sydney. Love Pilates in Willoughby (and Beecroft from early 2024) offers Mums and Bubs Pilates Reformer, Mums and Bubs Pilates Tower, Mums and Bubs Barre classes as well as mums only Pregnancy & Postnatal Pilates Reformer, Pregnancy & Postnatal Pilates Tower and barre classes.
Our Mums and Bubs Pilates and Mums and Bubs Barre classes are also an amazing opportunity to connect with other local mums (and the mums from you prenatal classes)!
Love Pilates’ teachers are pregnancy and postnatal trained and work closely with local Women's Health Physiotherapists and have experience dealing with common postnatal issues such as diastasis recti and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Prenatal & postnatal Pilates classes are designed to accommodate your changing body and incorporate stretching to ease the aches and pains of motherhood. We understand that carrying, settling and feeding a small baby can really take a toll on your body. Our classes will incorporate stretches to help your tires sore muscles while also rebuilding your strength - especially your core strength.
Whether it’s your first baby or your fourth baby, we understand that it can be challenging to fit classes around your baby and older children if you have them. As mums, we know that finding a mums and bubs Pilates class is often essential for you to be able to exercise! We offer mums and bubs Pilates classes 5 days a week. You can bring your baby along to our weekday pregnancy & postnatal classes (our weekday pregnancy & postnatal classes are all mums and bubs Pilates classes with babies welcome) and use our studio set of Baby Bjorn bouncers (our bouncer covers get washed after every class). We also understand that babies can get hungry or fussy and you are welcome to feed your baby at any time during class. - and don’t worry, we are used to a little noise!
We know Mums and Bubs Pilates Reformer and Tower classes aren’t for everyone. Some mums would rather leave the baby at home and have some ‘me’ time. If this is you, enjoy some baby free time on weeknights or weekends in our postnatal Pilates reformer and postnatal Pilates tower classes.
We offer postnatal Pilates classes 7 days a week across our two studios, see our Willoughby timetable here and our Beecroft timetable here. Learn more about getting started and see our frequently asked questions.
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Pilates Reformer
Pre & postnatal Reformer
Postnatal Reformer
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Pilates Tower
Pre & postnatal Tower
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Barre
Barre
Mums & Bubs Barre
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Yoga
Yin Yoga
Yoga Nidra
Why do I need postnatal classes?
Returning to exercise after birthing your baby is great for physical and mental health. For many mums its part of reclaiming themselves, by focusing on them - for 50 minutes, but also an opportunity to connect with other mums.
Your body has changed constantly over the last year. Our postnatal classes focus on rebuilding your body from the inside out - whilst you'll get a full body workout, we focus on rebuilding your core, safely. We also spend extra time stretching - because let's face it, mothering little people is tough on our bodies.
Our classes can help you:
Rebuild your core
Learn techniques and strategies to minimise aches and pains
Improve posture
Increase strength
Improve flexibility and mobility
What classes can I do?
If your baby is under 6 months old, or you are just returning to exercise after your baby (no matter how old they are!), or your physio has recommended postnatal classes, we ask you to come to our pre & postnatal, postnatal and mums and bubs classes. You can also attend yin yoga and yoga nidra classes.
Who are Mums & Bubs classes for?
We know it’s difficult to get to class with a small baby, which is why we offer mum and bub Pilates and mum & bub barre classes during the week. Our mum and bub Pilates classes are aimed at mums with babies 6 weeks to 6 months - or older if they are happy to stay in a baby capsule or baby bouncer. We do have some mums attending with older babies.
Lots of our mums are worried about coming to mum and bub Pilates because they think their baby is noisy or unsettled. All babies are noisy and unsettled at some point - we know, our mums and bubs teachers are mothers, so we know there is going to be a bit of disruption and noise! Mostly the babies are pretty good and with a quick chat with the teachers and the occasional cuddle from mum, they will make it through the class. We also know they love watching feet in straps - it’s every baby’s favourite part of the class! If your baby is unsettled in a mums and bubs reformer Pilates (or tower) or barre class, you are welcome to pick them up and/or feed them.
What if my baby is older?
We do have a number of mums who join postnatal classes with older babies/kids, as they have returned to class later. That’s totally ok! If your baby if too old to come to a mums & bubs friendly class, you can still attend without them or attend one our weeknight or weekend pregnancy & postnatal Pilates reformer or tower classes. We do sometimes get mums with kids 1-3, whose women’s health physio recommends they start with postnatal Pilates classes.
How long will I need mums & bubs Pilates or postnatal Pilates classes?
Everyone’s recovery is different, just like everyone’s pregnancy is different. You can discuss with your teacher after class. Some clients continue to do some mums & bubs Pilates classes even once they move to “regular” classes as they find it easier to get to class with their baby.
Worried about abdominal separation or pelvic floor?
If you’ve got concerns, we always suggest checking in with a Women’s Health Physio before coming to classes. Regardless of how your delivery went we always recommend having a pelvic floor check with a women’s health physiotherapist at some stage after having a baby. Your physio is welcome to contact us if necessary.
Not sure who to see? Email us and we can recommend someone locally, we work with lots of physios in the area and are happy to put you in touch.