Your midwife will show you some initial postpartum exercises during the initial recovery period. In addition, your health insurance will cover the cost of a postpartum recovery course led by a midwife to help you regenerate and strengthen your pelvic floor and core muscles. These courses often also offer time for sharing experiences and getting to know other mothers.
You can start the course 8 weeks after birth, or 12 weeks after a cesarean section. The course must be completed by the end of your child's 9th month. You are welcome to bring your baby to the course, but they will not usually be actively involved. Therefore, you are also very welcome to attend on your own.
The course covers:
- Changes to the female body due to childbirth
- Learning about the individual pelvic floor levels, their functions, and corresponding exercises for postpartum recovery and strengthening
- Exercises in gentle positions to avoid overloading the pelvic floor and the rectus abdominis muscles
- Abdominal muscle exercises focusing on the deep and oblique abdominal muscles, possibly with support to reduce diastasis recti
- Strengthening of the entire postural musculature
- Instructions for everyday behavior during the postpartum period
Postnatal exercise class on Mondays
8 sessions per course unit
This course takes place every Monday from 9:00 to 10:45 am and/or from 11:15 to 12:30 pm in the Parents' Center at the Bremen-North Clinic.
Course instructor: Midwife Susanne Toth
Please note: Our postnatal exercise classes can generally only be booked after the birth of the child. This is to ensure that the body has had sufficient time to recover before the course begins.
In the case of vaginal birth: from 8 weeks after birth
In case of cesarean section: from 12 weeks after birth
Postnatal exercise class on Thursdays
7 sessions per course unit
This course takes place every Thursday from 4:00 PM to 5:15 PM in the Parents' Center at the Bremen-North Clinic.
Course instructor: Midwife Annalee Kaiser
Please note: Our postnatal exercise classes can generally only be booked after the birth of the child. This is to ensure that the body has had sufficient time to recover before the course begins.
In the case of vaginal birth: from 8 weeks after birth
In case of cesarean section: from 12 weeks after birth
