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Related information on other websites
American Council on Exercise: Postpartum Health.
Postpartum exercise: Is your body ready?
Support groups
Parent-Infant Research Institute, Infant Clinic.
References used for this fact sheet
- Improving your recovery after birth – physiotherapy advice, Royal Women’s Hospital. More information here.
- Getting in shape after your baby is born, The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. More information here.
- Labour and delivery, postpartum care, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. More information here.
- Postnatal exercises for the first six weeks [online], Baby Centre UK. More information here.
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