​What are perinatal mood and anxiety disorders? What should a new mom know about getting help for postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, and other perinatal mood disorders? Psychiatrist Dr. Nazanin Silver from UPMC Pinnacle Women's Behavioral Health answers these questions and more in this episode. 
Dr. Silver is an expert in women's health care, trained in both psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology. She is also an active leader within the American Psychiatric Association, advocating for women in psychiatry and increased resources to meet the behavioral health needs of female patients. Dr. Silver currently serves as an Attending Physician at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Pinnacle Health System, where she helped launch and co-leads the Division of Women’s Behavioral Health to address the emotional, behavioral and cognitive disorders faced by women as they progress through the continuum of their reproductive life cycles.

​Today begins the Getting Ready For Baby Series!
Check out my 38 week pregnancy update and hear about differences between my first and second pregnancy and a view into how we are preparing for baby.

Today marks 38 weeks pregnant and I am excited but want baby to stay on the inside for as long as possible! With my first pregnancy I remember being so anxious and couldn't wait to have baby arrive...my husband and I were also a lot more prepared! This time around we moved houses (twice during this pregnancy!) and have been in our new house for about two months. We are trying to get all the baby things together and unpacked to see what we have and what we need since this baby will be a winter baby and our son was a summer baby.

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What are your plans for the New Year? Are you doing anything fun for New Year's Eve with or without your little one? Yesterday I took my 4 year old to a Noon Year's Eve event that was a lot of fun! I've really been cherishing these last few months of 1:1 time with him and trying to make the most of it before baby #2 arrives.

As my estimated due date is approaching (end of January/beginning of February) group classes will be on hold until April/May 2019, but I am still working with 1:1 clients until baby #2 arrives and will be available earlier in the year for online and in-person 1:1 sessions. 
Want to get onto the schedule for the next month? Work 1:1 with me online by scheduling single sessions or a 5 pack of 1:1 sessions.

So, what are you doing this last weekend of 2018? Are you ready to say goodbye to 2018 or was it an amazing year for you and your family?

I'll tell you one thing, I can't believe it is already December 29, 2018! This year has flown past, but there have also been several things we would like to say goodbye to and leave in 2018!
This year we moved not once but twice in a matter of 6 months. Have you wondered where the weekly exercise videos and updates have gone? Well, this pregnancy has been A LOT different than my 1st ....
There have been a lot of stresses, including moving twice while pregnant, selling and buying a house, family & extended family health issues, and few too many trips to the ER/hospital (thought my husband was having a heart attack early in the year, an ER trip for my son after he spiked a really high fever a few days after his monthly medication infusion, two trips to the hospital for monitoring the baby and me, and a recent ambulance ride for my husband after he passed out and I found him unresponsive a few weeks ago!). We have had enough! In 2019 I am looking forward to getting more and more settled in our home, becoming a family of four (five if you count our beloved puppy princess), expanding Mommy Barre™, Babies at the Barre™, and Bellies at the Barre® in Harrisburg at our new studio and online, connecting and working with more expecting, new, and not so new mamas, and only 1 trip to the hospital for the birth of baby #2.

Don't get me wrong, there have been great things that have happened in 2019 as well. I think I am most proud of the kind, loving, caring big boy my son is growing into and that in 2018 Babies at the Barre, LLC has been able to donate 10% of proceeds to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (for more about why check out this video).

Make sure to stay updated by following along on our journey of a family of three to a family of four and for exercise tips on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and join other mamas in our Private Facebook Community. 

Happy New Year Mama!

In this video on how to relieve pregnancy back pain, you'll learn some simple exercises for pregnancy that will strengthen the muscles around your pelvis to help relieve pregnancy back pain and to support your growing and changing body. These exercises are perfect for pregnant women during their first, second, or third trimesters. 

At 25 weeks pregnant, I'm in my second trimester and have been feeling increased pain in my sacroiliac joint (SI-joint), back, and hips. These exercises help warm up and stretch your spine, strengthen your core, glutes, and other pelvic girdle muscles which help stabilize your pelvis. Due to the increase in the hormone relaxin during pregnancy, your SI Joint and hips can hurt and ache and cause pain in your back, hips, and down your legs. These exercises will help to build the strength needed to support your SI joint and increase strength in your core and pelvic floor.

No equipment is needed for these exercises.  No matter what trimester of pregnancy you are in these simple exercises are great to ease back pain, increase strength, and keep you feeling good!

Are you ready to learn more about prenatal and postnatal exercise from a pre/postnatal fitness expert who has been featured in Shape Magazine, FitPregnancy Magazine and more? 
Schedule your 1:1 online session today https://mommybarre.as.me/schedule.php 10% of proceeds go to the Children's Fund at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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