by Elspeth Alexandra | Oct 22, 2024 | Postnatal
C-section births accounted for 46% of the births in NHS Lothian in September 2023. For a lot of women this is a positive experience, but many feel they aren’t given with information about supporting their c-section recovery in the first six weeks. Here’s what I’ve...
by Elspeth Alexandra | Sep 11, 2024 | Postnatal
My mission is to help women feel great about their bodies. That’s not necessarily helping you to change your body – often it’s helping you to change your thinking about your body. There is no mind-body dichotomy. Each of us is one wonderful, delicious, unique and...
by Elspeth Alexandra | Jun 24, 2024 | General, Postnatal
Why is it that most women don’t know about pelvic organ prolapse until they have one? Despite social media, despite better access to healthcare information, most of us still know more about how our phones work than how our bodies work. Perhaps we prefer to look the...
by Elspeth Alexandra | Sep 29, 2023 | General, Postnatal
For too long we’ve been told that tummies are supposed to be six packs. No roundness, no fat, just a chiselled washboard you could balance things on. I’m calling out the tummy BS. A six-pack tummy isn’t as much about strength as it is about the absence of body fat....
by Elspeth Alexandra | Mar 8, 2023 | Postnatal
The first weeks of being a mum are an emotional and physical rollercoaster. The mental shift required is enormous and can take us a good long time to get used to. How on earth do you adjust to no longer being one person, but having your future intrinsically linked to...
by Elspeth Alexandra | Feb 20, 2023 | Postnatal
Why do you go to the gym? Maybe you’re one of the rare folks who simply loves it, or perhaps you’ve got a great crowd of gym buddies who you like being with. Or perhaps you’ve got a WHY. I started because of a history of heart disease in my family and being...
