Stress-Easing Workout

These at-home exercises are designed to strengthen your abs, chest, lower back and legs.



5. Kiss-the-Baby Push-Ups Kneel on your hands and knees, arms straight and directly under your shoulders, knees behind your hips, with your baby lying faceup on the floor between your hands. Contract your abs. Inhale and bend elbows, keeping them close to your rib cage; lower yourself to kiss your baby. Exhale, push back up to starting position and repeat. Do 1 set of 8 reps, building to 2 sets of 8. Strengthens chest and triceps.













>> Kathleen Kelleher is a Santa Monica, Calif., mother of two and a contributor to Fit Pregnancy. She writes a weekly column on human sexuality for the Los Angeles Times.