You can commence FitRight’s Baby&Me Studio classes after your baby has had their 6-week immunisations, as long as you have been given the all clear from the health professional (GP, obstetrician, midwife) looking after you. Please note you will also be required to attend a FitRight Initial Assessment before commencing classes.

If your youngest child is over 6-8 months old, you might prefer FitRight’s more advanced Studio Fitness Classes – Empower and Toddler&Me. If you would like to attend these more challenging classes when you are earlier postnatal, please note that we will need specific clearance from your specialist physiotherapist that did your FitRight assessment.

FitRight Baby&Me classes aren’t just about exercise for Mums - many of them offer the option of attending a weekly ‘Baby Massage and Developmental Play’ routine with the physio instructor.

Mums sit in a circle together, and the FitRight Physio takes them through a 20-minute sequence of baby massage and developmental play, with the aims of improving digestion, circulation and motor learning, as well as connection and bonding.

Traditional massage strokes are interspersed with play ideas to help babies find their feet, identify the midline and where their body parts are in space and set the scene for learning to roll, sit and crawl.

This is best suited to 2-7-month-old babies.

If your baby is not awake at the time of baby massage or needs to be held or fed, mothers are still encouraged to come and join the circle and participate in the discussion and learning.

Please bring a water bottle to classes  – it’s important to keep hydrated! We provide all the equipment, you may wish to bring a towel or exercise mat to lay the mat provided. 

For classes involving baby massage please bring a small towel and some baby massage oil.

If you are bringing your baby to a class (and we are happy for you to do so!) please bring them in a pram to make it easy for the volunteers to assist in caring for them. 

Comfortable clothing such as leggings and a t-shirt are ideal to wear. You can wear bare feet, socks or exercise shoes - but if you have knee or foot issues that are helped with supportive footwear, it’s highly recommended to wear these.

Community volunteers are usually present at Baby&Me (and Toddler&Me) classes. The volunteers can assist in caring for your babies/children in very close proximity to where you are exercising. You will be able to hear and see whether the volunteers need assistance with your little one.

Babies do not need to come to class, if you'd rather leave them with a friend or family member, you can. And if you prefer to keep your baby close by to you on a mat or in their pram, that is also completely fine.

The volunteers are lovely members of the community who have offered their time to make it easier for you to return to exercise after having a baby. All volunteers require a Working With Children Check and are up to date with their COVID-19 and Whooping Cough Vaccines before commencing volunteer work with FitRight.