Aquanatal Classes

I have always been quite an active person, playing netball, tennis etc and so when I found out I was pregnant I wanted to stay active throughout the duration. Of course I knew I had to tone it down a bit and could not play such dangerous contact sports but I wanted something that was both fun and worth doing. I have read in various places that if you do exercise throughout pregnancy and keep quite active you stand a very good chance of regaining your figure after the baby has been born and it comes back much quicker than if you didn't exercise, ate for two and generally let yourself eat cream cakes for the previous 9 months. I am a keep swimmer as ...  Read the complete review

When I was pregnant I attended Aqua natal classes at the Queens Street Leisure centre in Derby city centre. The class could be attended one you were fifteen weeks pregnant but I was twenty weeks pregnant when I started. The group was instructed by midwives and the instructor changed every week although there was a pool of midwives who were trained. There should have been two midwives to run the group of up to fifteen women but on a few occasions there was only one midwife so the numbers allowed was reduced. There was a crèche available for older sibling that a couple of the regulars used while |I was there and were happy with ...  Read the complete review

Aquanatal is water aerobics for pregnant ladies. It is usually run by midwives and physiotherapists. The main reason I started Aquanatal was due to a recommendation from someone else who had found her local class was a really good way to meet up with other pregnant women in her area. Some of whom she stayed in contact with after her child was born. I didn't know any other pregnant mums so I took myself off to my local class when I was 24 weeks pregnant. My employer was fine with me attending the class. It was 12.30 - 1.15 followed by tea and biscuits. It cost £3. The first session is quite never wracking as my bump was barely showing ...  Read the complete review

Throughout my pregnancy I used a variety of means to keep fit, dancing, walking, aerobics. When I started my maternity leave, I decided to join the aquanatal classes run by our local community midwives, primarily to get me out of the house and to meet new people. I didn't expect it to be very intense exercise or to get much of a workout from it. I was really surprised. I found that I could feel the exercise on all the right muscles, but felt safe knowing that I wasn't exercising anything I shouldn't as it was run by midwives. They especially focused on developing arm muscles, which has come in handy since as it helped with lifting my baby. The water reduced the ...  Read the complete review

As I love swimming aquanatal seemed like a great idea to me! My local classes are free as they are run by Sure Start, although I only found out abut them be asking at the pool itself - my midwife never mentioned them. The class was run by a trained midwife so I felt in very safe hands, she would start off the class on the side and then join us in the pool for the more strenuous bits as she was also pregnant as well! I didn't get to join though until I was about 32 weeks as the classes were during the day and I couldn't get the time off work till then (had to use holidays). It felt great being in the pool as the water supported by bump, ...  Read the complete review