Before you start exercise, you need to seek a go-ahead from your gynaecologist, suggests fitness expert Leena Mogre. You need to go very slow at first, since your back and your body muscles are generally weak after a delivery.

Remember to start your fitness regimen by doing some light warm up exercises, such as spot jogging and stretching. You can also use Swiss balls.

Swiss balls are huge air-filled balls and if you are working out in a gym, you can use them. You can also find them in any sports accessories shop.

You can then move on to cardio exercises with the help of treadmill, cross-trainers and stretches to strengthen your muscles. Once your muscles are strong enough you can move on to light weights with dumbbells.

Pelvic Lift

After a delivery, your back and pelvic muscles become weak. You can follow this exercise to strengthen them…

• Lie down on your back with your legs and hands apart.
  
  
• Lift your lower back slowly.
  
  
• Hold for two or three minutes.
  
  
• Go back to your original position.

You can repeat this exercise for fifteen counts in two sets