{"id":315224,"date":"2026-03-06T02:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T02:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/315224\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T02:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T02:21:14","slug":"demand-grows-for-wolverhampton-mum-and-baby-fitness-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/315224\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand grows for Wolverhampton mum and baby fitness group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The mum and baby fitness course was launched by the personal trainer, who has a son called Spencer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I was very lucky because of my profession and my specialism in women&#8217;s health that I knew what was safe and what would be effective for me during those early postpartum days,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Of course we need all the focus on baby but we also need a little bit of care and attention to mum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Your body has just gone through one of the biggest things it is ever going to do with pregnancy and childbirth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After launching in February 2025, the classes now run in Bridgnorth and Tettenhall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;When I started a year ago, there were some companies that existed but in this past year, it has exploded,&#8221; Baines said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The NHS says if you had a straightforward birth, you can start gentle exercise as soon as you feel up to it, but advises leaving high-impact exercise like running until after your six-week postnatal check.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It is getting more and more popular,&#8221; the personal trainer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We all just look after each other it&#8217;s really nice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Baines has said her goal is to deliver the programme to as many people as possible, adding that she was planning on launching virtual classes in April or May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The mum and baby fitness course was launched by the personal trainer, who has a son called Spencer.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[565,134,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-315224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}