Blog | Karen Post Rehab

Nov 20, 20233 min read

“I was so caught up in the fact I hadn’t “birthed” my baby, I felt like I’d failed”

This mum contacted me asking for a piece of art that would help her reframe her thoughts that her body had failed and instead celebrate...

Oct 3, 20233 min read

How to Induce labour Naturally at Home

4 top tips for inducing labour naturally from a former midwife * **Not for you if you don’t want to hear about sperm, orgasms and...

Sep 21, 20211 min read

How to Cough Without Peeing / Passing Urine

Passing urine when coughing is quite a common thing especially after having a baby. We have normalised it by joking about it so we feel...

Jan 2, 20212 min read

When is it safe to return to exercise after having a baby?

When is it safe to return to exercise safely after having a baby?

May 16, 20207 min read

How to return to exercise safely after having a baby and build a strong postnatal core for LIFE.

Daily Kegels NOT needed!! Connect with your core Did you know there are two groups of muscles in your pelvic floor? And there is a set of...

May 15, 20209 min read

My experience of Antenatal and Postnatal Mental illness; An interview for Maternal Mental Health Wk

My name is Karen Ellis, I am a postnatal rehabilitation coach. Prompted by Maternal Mental Health week, Rebecca Palmer from Happy Sleepy...

Mar 31, 20206 min read

How my ‘Tool Kit’ saved my mental health during the Coronavirus lock down: A single mothers account

Wow, didn’t that all happen fast! I remember vaguely hearing about some guy in China taking a bite out of a bat, I didn’t really think...