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    WOMEN'S TRAINING

    Sep 06, 2022 5 minutes

    TRAINING WOMEN'S TRAINING

    » Breastfeeding & exercise

    LAUREN DRINKWATER

    Lauren is a certified advanced personal trainer and group exercise instructor, specialising in ante- and post-nat al fitness. mumfitwonder.com

    If all you've known is to get up and go when it comes to fitness, suddenly having a baby dependent on you can take some getting used to. Breastfeeding adds another level of complication, whether it's boob-holding in energetic moves, grappling with escaping and absorbed breast pads, expressing or feeding before/during/after exercise, or hoisting those uncomfortable sports bras on and off at a moment's notice.

    I recall many times sitting outside a crèche with other regular gym-goers averting glances as they passed me by. On the flip side, the unfazed might just choose this moment to strike up a conversation. Butschool dad sat down to chat to me while my youngest decided to come off the boob mid-feed. Cue frantic, yet failed, cover up of massive milk spray in his direction!

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