Today I am speaking with Dr. Sara Tanza, pelvic floor physical therapist, and Steph Bruce, professional runner for HokaOneOne NAZ Elite, mom, Celiac, Co-conspirator for Picky Bars, coach. Sara and Steph both, have been incredibly open about what it looks like to return to exercise after pregnancy and how they are active moms in their postpartum.  We talk about: -forming the Dream Team -getting stronger with age -the importance of rehab -life as a professional runner -listening to your body -having a baby at 39 -always keep learning -breastfeeding struggles -communicating with your provider -running the US Olympic Marathon Trials  Time Stamps 1:00 Introduction 5:51 how they met 9:57 beginning to work together 14:58 preparing for pregnancy 19:18 retire or olympic trials? 30:04 concerns during 3rd pregnancy 38:50 .handling early postpartum 45:40 fueling your body for its needs 51:00 gauging postpartum progress 57:10 bridging the gap between progress and perfection 1:06:13 what’s next 1:7:45 rapid fire questions  CONNECT WITH CARRIE IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/ Website: https://carriepagliano.com  CONNECT WITH STEPH IG: https://www.instagram.com/stephrothstein/  CONNECT WITH SARA IG: https://www.instagram.com/pelvicpotential/ Website: https://pelvicpotential.com/ The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey. This show has been a long time in the making! You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry. If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST! If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)