In today’s solo episode, I’m going to answer one of the most common questions I get in my DMs and emails: When is it safe to workout after I’ve had my baby? While there is not a one-size-fits-all answer to this questions, there are some basically guidelines and milestones that are a good place to start when you’re making this decision for yourself. Of course, talking to a medical professional is a good idea, but if you don’t have access to someone who “gets it”, this is a good place to start! I talk about:-starting with general advice-returning to running-energy deficiency in postpartum-starting with walking-adapting the readiness screen-coping in the first yearTime Stamps1:00 Introduction3:00 returning to run advice4:34 soft tissue healing time6:08 adapting to different phases12:45 the roll of your transverse abdominals20:40 after maternity leave24:20 listener questionsEarly postpartum exercises: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLglUBCEO90bnW5NMe7Vs2zh0qGCITotZ9CONNECT WITH CARRIEIG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/Website: https://carriepagliano.comThe 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!!!!)