Orkney Bump to Baby Support

Orkney Bump to Baby Support Offering pregnancy, labour and postnatal support to mums-to-be in Orkney.

Sara runs pregnancy yoga classes, hypnobirthing classes for mums-to-be and their birth partners, mum and baby yoga, and offers doula services w/ Imogen for support during labour.

01/07/2026

Cuddles in Mum and Baby/Toddler Yoga are a must, especially when they get enough mobility to move around! Here's a cute reel of all the cuddles this past school year term 🥰

Join the summer block of Pregnancy Yoga classes starting next week, held noust.studio in Kirkwall.There is 1 Wednesday d...
28/06/2026

Join the summer block of Pregnancy Yoga classes starting next week, held noust.studio in Kirkwall.

There is 1 Wednesday date and also a week off in this 5 week block so be sure to note the dates. Can't wait to enjoy some beautifully lit evening classes with you all!

Book in at www.orkneybumptobabysupport.com/book-online

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Thank you, thank you for everyone who came this past term and school year. I've had such a lovely time leading you all t...
28/06/2026

Thank you, thank you for everyone who came this past term and school year. I've had such a lovely time leading you all through rehabilitating and nourishing flows. It's so lovely to see the flow of bumps into babies in class, getting to know you mums before the arrival of your little one, seeing them on the mat and then watching them grow.

This year was oh so special with the addition of toddler classes and the ability to see those little bundles that came to the younger babies class be toddling around offering everyone 'cups of tea?' 🥹 while the adults flowed through sequences and even held restorative poses for Savasana. I may do a little restorative holds video as it was oh so sweet to see these normally very active babies and toddlers take the cues from their adults and often rest in Savasana too! (although they did sometime dive bomb into those cuddles 🤣). So lovely to see as well the love these little one found for the 'Namaste' song at the end, those smiling faces and the claps at the end.

Special thanks for the p*edie gifts too, a lovely send off!

Big cuddles to you all and Namaste 🙏🥰

I was having a little think over posting that video of my post class play last week, and I thought I really should have ...
16/06/2026

I was having a little think over posting that video of my post class play last week, and I thought I really should have posted it with this caveat because I did these moves while pregnant and I would actually never teach these moves in a pregnancy yoga class.

Did I feel safe doing them? Yes. Did I cross my own limits? No. But it's still not great to show that without caveats as its important to not lead people astray.

So why would I never teach those moves or asanas in Pregnancy Yoga? They are a HUGE load on the abdominal and pelvic floor. I can't be in other people's bodies and know their limits, and there are a lot of us who are also out of touch with those limits. Pregnancy especially is a time to be looking after your body as the ramifications of tearing, straining, etc can be long lasting and make life difficult, uncomfortable and painful.

So here is my, better late than never, PSA 😅

13/06/2026

Partial view of our Mum and Older Babies Flow on Friday. It's so fun to have these little ones crawling and walking about us. Sometimes they need a cuddle or a nappy change, we go with the flow for sure🧘 but all the while have a great opportunity to practice Vinyasa and take some time for mama 🥰

Where my pregnant ladies in Orkney at? It's been unusually quite over here in class and I'm keen to hear from all those ...
12/06/2026

Where my pregnant ladies in Orkney at? It's been unusually quite over here in class and I'm keen to hear from all those interested to see if it's a clash of schedules, if so let me know when you are free and I'll create a class at the right time for most.

Also do get in touch if a shorter class at a lower cost would also be appealing. I'm able to teach through the summer and would love to keep these classes up, they are so beneficial for our bodies and minds!

Send me a WhatsApp on 07519 505 104 or
an email on [email protected]

09/06/2026

My pgp has been feeling better and far less impactful recently (knock on wood!). I managed a chatturanga demoing in class at tonight's .yoga class and thought I'd play around with these non-wideleg shapes after class. Felt okay!

I've been keeping up with my grabber for tiding, my knees together out of the car and short never-rushing walks, but also my power lifting (at reduced depth and weight). It's great to still feel relatively active.

I hadn't really internalised last pregnancy that pgp has a lot to do with inflammation, and while we can't often control the external stress in our lives, I'm focusing on going slow, good sleep and high fiber diet (or at least hitting those pregnancy specific macros!) — fiber is great for the gut processing inflammation 😊

To the wins today 😊

Join us on Thursdays for a much needed stretch and sigh of relief as you get the relaxation your body needs to see you t...
23/05/2026

Join us on Thursdays for a much needed stretch and sigh of relief as you get the relaxation your body needs to see you through this pregnancy!

www.orkneybumptobabysupport.com/pregnancy-yoga-booking 🧘

Did you know pregnancy yoga is known to reduce stress levels, help with back pain and prepare your body and mind for labour?

Even the Scottish government backs taking time off work for yoga and you are entitled to get leave to attend classes just like you do for maternity appoinments.

Its great for both beginners and well seasoned yoginis alike, teaches you essential breathing exercises and helps keep that pelvic floor stretched and your pelvis mobile for birth.

I can adapt the poses to help you have pelvic girdle pain as well!

Some adjustments I've been making for life with pelvic girdle pain...- a long grabber to limit bending down in tidying- ...
19/05/2026

Some adjustments I've been making for life with pelvic girdle pain...

- a long grabber to limit bending down in tidying
- shoe horn to avoid straining to put shoes on
- sitting down to put on lower half clothes
- knees together getting out of a car, mine is fake leather seats so it's good it's already slidy
- small step walking and limiting distance to 15 minites at a time on only even surfaces
- slip on shoes whenever possible
- seeing PK OSTEOPATHY to realign when I can

On the flip side of shorter length walks, I know that not moving at all and sitting/laying down loads will only weaken the supporting muscles and make it worse, so I also try to limit siting down to 15-30 minutes. Of course at the end of the day I'm keen for more, but I try reminding myself that even a p*e break or getting up to fill my water is good... And well, having small children there's usually something to be getting up for.

Demoing less in class has been great along side keeping up with symmetrical strengthening work in my gym sessions. It's so hard when I know I was doing so much more before and it's also hard to not then over do it when I see an improvement.

I've found a few rules, like sticking to what's pictured above, helps me in the moments I need to do more that aggrivates it, like jolting after a child who has just run off or demo a pose that's new.

I will be sticking to the same routine in classes to so hopefully less demoing that way too.

Also the pool was SUCH a relief when I last had it. I was going nearly every day last time! For me, driving long distances puts my pelvis at a weird angle to going through to Stromness that often is a bit out of the question. But if you can make it to the pool its a great tool to have.

And also what aggrivates the pain and where people feel it can be different so maybe what I do may not work for you. Hope it helps someone out there though!

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