EXPERT IN: Maternal Health; Antenatal Health; Postnatal Health; Fitness; Nutrition; Mental Wellbeing

Founder of Mari Carmen Fitness and the FIT MAMA app; paediatric nurse turned pre and postnatal health expert, to date Mari-Carmen has supported over 500 women in their health and fitness journeys. Providing expert commentary on fitness, wellbeing and health for features in The Guardian, Stylist and GB News she is empowering women across the globe.

Having built FIT MAMA – the all-star app for mums on their journey through motherhood, wellness and health – Mari-Carmen is an advocate for accessible information around pre and postnatal health and wellbeing. Covering all periods of a mother’s life from prenatal to menopause, she has created the pocket friendly, go-to guide which empowers mothers when it comes to their own body and mind.

Mari-Carmen had always had a passion for health and wellness – having worked as a nurse in a Paediatric Intensive Care unit for 5 years before having her first son – but it was her own maternity experiences in 2017 and the inconsistency of information around health and fitness that drove her to qualify as a personal trainer, specifically in pre and postnatal fitness. Taking on this task with a four-month-old baby is no easy feat but within no time Mari-Carmen was training people from her garage!

Combining her nursing experience and her training in pre and postnatal fitness and nutrition, Mari-Carmen built a business supporting women across Warwickshire on their journeys through motherhood. A move to online training as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic identified a gap in the market for a dedicated health and fitness app supporting busy mums through pre and postnatal care, and so FIT MAMA was born in January 2023.

FIT MAMA uses Mari-Carmen’s years of NHS training, alongside her personal experiences, to dismantle the false information online that currently makes fitness seem inaccessible to mothers.  The app supports women to reclaim their identity and confidence by building strength in motherhood. Having made her name as a pre and postnatal health expert, Mari-Carmen’s aim is to  make information and training widely accessible to mothers accross the country by piloting the app with the NHS,  alongside standard postnatal care.

As a mother of three, Mari-Carmen is passionate about all things motherhood and business. Her children are her purpose but, in the same way flamingo mothers lose their pink, women who become mothers can lose themselves in the process of caring for their young.  With FIT MAMA Mari-Carmen provides holistic support that allows mothers to be their colourful selves whilst also caring for their children.