April 1, 2026

Rethinking Bed Rest In Pregnancy

Your pregnancy gets labeled “high risk,” and suddenly the default advice can feel like a single blunt command: stop moving. That can be crushing if exercise is how you regulate stress, manage pain, and feel at home in your body. We go straight at the uncomfortable question many active moms are asking quietly: is activity restriction actually helping, or are we sometimes making outcomes worse by prescribing fear and deconditioning? I’m Christina Previtt, pelvic floor physical therapist and pr...

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