Back in Her Jeans After an Emergency C-Section: Shannon's Postnatal Fitness Story

Shannon didn't rush back. After a traumatic birth that ended in an emergency c-section, she waited until 5 months postpartum, then picked the gentlest postnatal fitness program she could find. Six weeks later, she was stronger, still breastfeeding, and back in her jeans.

A hard start

Birth doesn't always go to plan. For Shannon, it went about as far from plan as it could.

"I had a very traumatic birth with a lot of complications that ended in emergency c-section," she says.

Recovering from major surgery while looking after a newborn takes time. Shannon gave herself that time, and didn't start any training until she was 5 months postpartum.

Why she chose a gentler postnatal fitness program

She could have gone straight to a harder program. She didn't.

"At 5 months postpartum I decided that the more gentle postpartum transform program was the right choice to ease my body back into exercise."

Transform's Postpartum program is built for that stage. It starts gently and builds from there, so you're not asking a recovering body to do too much too soon.

What surprised her

Shannon expected slow progress. What she got was strength coming back faster than she'd hoped, without losing her milk supply.

"I was surprised at how quickly I regained strength, lost weight and didn't lose my milk supply for my breastfed Bub."

For a lot of breastfeeding mums, that's the big worry, so it's worth saying plainly. Shannon kept feeding the whole way through.

What's next

Shannon isn't stopping. Her next step is moving up a level.

"I will now be moving onto level 1 of transform and can't wait to tone up even more, improve my fitness to what it once was and shed the remaining few kgs."

The fitness she had before isn't gone. She's getting it back, one stage at a time.

If you're where Shannon was

Your turn

Shannon didn't need to push through. She needed something that met her where she was.