Running & Pregnancy

Running and Pregnancy

About: Andrea Henry is a Pediatric and Running physical therapist, personal trainer (pre-natal and post-natal instruction), coach and has been running for over 25 years competitively and recreationally. She has worked with runners in rehabilitation, at Stanford University. She ran during pregnancy with her twins and singleton and now spends her free time chasing her 6 year old B/G twins and a jogging stroller with new baby girl inside.

 Specialized coaching services for the Pregnant and Postpartum runner.

****Run-Baby-Run™ program! and “Running During Pregnancy- Running 4 Two ” book-Coming soon! (includes: The various types of pregnant runners, the five stages of returning to running after pregnancy, typical problems and risks of pregnant runners, how and when to modify workouts, and more!)

Articles

• Running Research: Running and Nursing (Totalrunningperformance.com)
• Belly Support during Pregnancy (Totalrunningperformance.com)
• Is baby ready to move to the front seat of the stroller (video) (Totalrunningperformance.com)
• Running Stroller Reviews (http://running.about.com/od/shoesapparelandgear/tp/bestjoggingstrollers.htm)
• How Giving Birth is like a Marathon (Totalrunningperformance.com)
• Early Signs of Pregnancy (everydayhealth.com)
• AGOC Guidelines for Exercise During Pregnancy (www.agoc.org)

Personal accounts of runners who have run through pregnancy: (I do not professionally recommend all training methods used by these runners but they provide insightful accounts of how they handled running through pregnancy). If you wish to be added, please email me!:

• Runner mom 
• Therapeutic Runnings of a Mom
• Run Inspired
• Forever in running shoes  (had pelvic separation)
• Arkansas Running Mom (suffered sacral stress fx after returning to quickly)
• The Glam Runner