Sandra Greiner Pre- & Postnatal Fitness Instructor Sandra's main goal is to promote fitness and wellness for mind, body and baby both during and after pregnancy. She worked in corporate wellness during her first pregnancy and was disappointed with the lack of wellness-related prenatal educational resources. After her son was born, she developed Healthy Expectations, a fitness and wellness program for pregnant women and a mother-baby program. Her classes include exercises for pregnancy, relaxation training and guest speakers on wellness topics such as nutrition, massage and breastfeeding. Photo: Sandra Greiner and her children

Healthy Expectations is committed to enriching quality of life through providing education and support for the childbearing year. Its mission is based on the belief that wellness for mothers, fathers and babies is enhanced by fitness, stress management, health and safety education and peer support. To this end, Healthy Expectations provides standards, education and certification for health care and fitness professionals and the families they empower.

Sandra's main goal is to promote fitness and wellness for mind, body and baby both during and after pregnancy. She worked in corporate wellness during her first pregnancy and was disappointed with the lack of wellness-related prenatal educational resources. After her son was born, she developed Healthy Expectations, a fitness and wellness program for pregnant women and a mother-baby program. Her classes include exercises for pregnancy, relaxation training and guest speakers on wellness topics such as nutrition, massage and breastfeeding.

Her holistic curriculum concentrates on meeting needs of the individual. Her innovative programs have been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Baby, Windy City Sports, Expectant Mothers' Guide to Chicago and Home Gym and Fitness. In 1997 she began instructor training workshops for fitness and health professionals. She is speaker and writer on pre- and post-natal fitness and wellness in the hope that expectant and new mothers will have easy access to information on how to feel their best during the childbearing year.

Sandra received a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She worked for 10 years as an Aerobics and Fitness Association of America certified fitness instructor. She is Director of Programs for the Childbearing Year at Lakeshore Athletic Club and the former business development manager at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center -- Corporate Health Center. She is the former co-chair of the Worksite Wellness Council of Illinois' Well Workplace Awards Program, and a current member of ASPO/Lamaze, La Leche League International, Doulas of North America, and the Association of Pre-and Perinatal Psychology and Health. Sandra is the mother of two.

See Sandra's list of pregnancy fitness do's and don'ts here!

Sandra's Recommended Reading

Essential Exercise for the Childbearing Year, by Elizabeth Noble - New Life Images Publishing
Maternal Fitness, by Julie Tupler - Fireside Publishing
Yoga for Pregnancy, by Sandra Jordan - St. Martin's Press