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Pregnancy Exercise- Safe Abdominal Work

Many pregnant women have asked me if it’s safe to work your abdominals.  With healthy pregnancies it is typically safe to do traditional ab work (i.e. lying on your back) up till week 12.  After week 12 it is no longer recommend to lay on your back.  However, you can still work your abdominals without laying on your back. 

Try this simple exercise to strengthen your abdominals:

On all your knees on all fours, head in line with the spine bring one knee in towards your chest.  Hold for 2-3 counts.  Release and repeat 10-15 times.  Then repeat on the other side.  Work up to 2 sets of 10-15 reps.

Postpartum Weight loss- Motivation

Many new moms want to lose the baby weight, but just don’t have the motivation to do it.  One thing I often remind my clients is to think about how good they feel after they work out.  After each workout I talk about how much stronger and toned their muscles are becoming, and how much better they feel about themselves in body and mind.  The more you equate working out to feeling and looking good the more motivated you’ll be to exercise.

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Happy Holidays from the GNBCHC!

As we reflect on the close of another year we cannot help but be affected by the many generous expressions of sharing and goodwill that have been shown to the Greater New Bedford Community Health Center and its patients. It has been an extraordinary time in which we saw 26 years of dreaming and planning for an expanded downtown campus fulfilled. It would not have been possible without the support of public and private funding and individual donations - it would not have been possible without you.

This is the time for not only looking back but to looking ahead to the dreams and plans as yet unfulfilled. There are always those in our community who face an insecure future regarding their health. This means we must remain committed to building and developing our health care services to the community. We turn to you to help us make sure that those who need help, get help. I urge you to share with the least fortunate and most vulnerable members of our community in a tangible way with a generous donation during this holiday season.

We wish each and every one of you a holiday filled with happiness, good cheer, and, above all, peace. May you enjoy a prosperous, healthy and happy New Year.

Sincerely on behalf of the health center family,
Peter Georgeopoulos
Acting President &
CEO/CFO

Pregnancy Weight and Satisfying Cravings

There is so much emphasis on weight gain when you’re pregnant, it can be quite consuming.  My suggestion is to listen to your body and “fuel” yourself and your baby with nutritous foods when you feel hungry.  It’s normal to have cravings.  Listen to them, just chose wisely!  Cravings for sweet foods can be satisfied by eating fruit, a glass of juice (orange juice is a great choice since it’s high in folate, which is good for baby’s development), or a fruit smoothy.  Salty cravings can be satisfied with nuts, whole grain crackers with cheese, or a bagel with peanut butter. 

Automated Patient Reminder Calls

Okay - I haven’t tried this out, but I have to admit the demo looks pretty slick.

Patient Prompt emails, calls, or text messages your clients to remind them of their appointments, allows them to respond to confirm, and it does it all automatically. Reminder calls consume quite a bit of time for us these days, but I can’t imagine not doing them. This might be just the solution.

I’m not sure how patients would respond to the automated system. You can actually record your own message so that clients hear a familiar voice, but I still tend to lean more toward the full-service, “real person” approach from a service quality perspective. If you’ve tried it, or have any thoughts, leave a comment and let us know.