One physio-led membership, one one-time guide. Which one suits the season you are in?
A fair look at what FitNest Mama does brilliantly, where Mumma Glow fits, and how to choose without paying for something you will not use.
Quick answer
FitNest Mama is an Australian online membership created by perinatal physiotherapist Kath Baquie, covering pregnancy and postnatal workouts, pelvic floor rehab and a return to running program, advertised at around $47 per month with a cheaper 6-month option. Mumma Glow is not a membership at all: it is a set of one-time digital postpartum guides starting at $15, with the full bundle at $50, downloaded once and yours to keep. Pick FitNest Mama if you want ongoing physio-led video coaching and a big library you keep coming back to. Pick Mumma Glow if you want one structured plan you own outright, with no recurring charge and nothing to remember to cancel. Results vary from mum to mum.
FitNest Mama advertised monthly membership price
Mumma Glow starting price, paid once
of mums still have diastasis recti at 6 weeks postpartum (Sperstad et al., 2016)
What FitNest Mama does really well
Let us start with the honest part: FitNest Mama is a genuinely good program, and for a lot of mums it is the better buy. It is worth understanding exactly why before you compare price tags.
The clinical background is real and checkable
FitNest Mama was built by Kath Baquie, a perinatal physiotherapist, and the workouts are structured the way a physio would structure them: pelvic floor first, load added gradually, impact last. That matters. Postnatal exercise is one of the areas where generic fitness content gets it wrong most often, usually by adding crunches and planks far too early. If having a clinician behind the programming is what would make you feel safe pressing play, that is a legitimate reason to pay for it.
Breadth, and the fact it keeps going
The membership spans pregnancy and the postnatal period, includes pelvic floor rehabilitation, and has a dedicated return to running pathway. Live and on-demand sessions mean there is always something new. If you are the kind of person who stays consistent because someone is programming your week for you, a membership earns its keep in a way a PDF simply cannot.
The honest trade-off
It is a subscription. That is not a criticism, it is a business model, and it suits people who want continuity. But it means the cost keeps running whether you open the app that month or not, and postnatal life is famously unpredictable. Plenty of mums sign up in a motivated week, then get hit by teething, illness or a return to work, and quietly pay for three months they never used. If that is a pattern you recognise in yourself, factor it in honestly. We wrote more about that trade-off in our look at subscription apps versus a single guided plan.
Where Mumma Glow fits
Mumma Glow exists for a narrower job: giving a mum a clear, evidence-informed plan for rebuilding her deep core and pelvic floor, at a price that does not require a household budget conversation, and without a recurring charge. You buy a guide once, from $15, or the full bundle at $50, and it is yours. There is nothing to cancel and no renewal date to diarise.
What you are giving up is real, so let us name it. There is no live class, no coach checking in, no ever-growing video library, and no physiotherapist assessing you personally. What you get is structure: what to do, in what order, and what to stop doing while your connective tissue recovers. For many mums in the first year that is genuinely the missing piece, and it is a far cheaper way to find out whether a guided approach helps you before committing to anything ongoing. If you are weighing paid options against the free content on social media, our piece on what you actually get when you pay lays out the difference.
FitNest Mama vs Mumma Glow, side by side
| Feature | FitNest Mama | Mumma Glow |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Online membership, app and video | One-time digital guides you download |
| Payment | Recurring, around $47 per month advertised (cheaper 6-month plan offered) | Paid once, from $15, full bundle $50 |
| Created by | Perinatal physiotherapist Kath Baquie | The Mumma Glow team, using published guidance from bodies such as ACOG and the NHS |
| Covers pregnancy | Yes | No, postpartum only |
| Pelvic floor rehab | Yes, a core part of the membership | Yes, within the guides |
| Return to running | Yes, dedicated pathway | Covered as principles, not a separate program |
| Live sessions and new content | Yes, ongoing | No, the guide is fixed once you own it |
| Best for | Mums who want ongoing physio-led coaching and variety | Mums who want one clear plan, owned outright, on a small budget |
What a full year actually costs
Cost is where the two models separate most sharply, so it is worth seeing it rather than reading it. The chart below compares twelve months on the advertised monthly membership rate against the one-time Mumma Glow prices. Note that FitNest Mama also advertises a discounted 6-month plan, so a real-world annual total on that option would be lower than the monthly figure shown.
$564
$50 once
$15 once
Source: advertised pricing on fitnestmama.com and mummaglow.com, July 2026. Prices and currencies can change, so check both sites before buying.
None of this makes the cheaper option automatically better. It makes the question sharper: are you buying coaching, or are you buying a plan? If you want the wider view on what postnatal recovery tends to cost across physio, trainers and programs, see our breakdown of what fixing diastasis recti really costs.
So which one should you choose?
Our honest verdict
Choose FitNest Mama if: you want a physiotherapist-designed program with ongoing new content, you are still pregnant or planning another baby, you want a structured return to running, or you know that a subscription is what keeps you accountable.
Choose Mumma Glow if: you want a clear postpartum core and pelvic floor plan for a one-off price, you are tired of subscriptions, or you want to try a structured approach before deciding whether to invest in something ongoing.
Choose a women health physiotherapist first if: you are leaking, feeling heaviness or dragging in the pelvis, have pain, or you have a gap that is not narrowing at all. No program, ours included, replaces a personal assessment. Here is what actually happens at a postpartum pelvic floor physio appointment if you have never booked one.
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Questions mums ask before buying
Is FitNest Mama better than Mumma Glow?
Better depends entirely on what you need. FitNest Mama gives you more: ongoing physiotherapist-led video coaching, pregnancy content and a return to running pathway, for a recurring fee. Mumma Glow gives you one structured postpartum plan for a single small payment. If budget is not the constraint and you want continuity, FitNest Mama is the fuller offering. If you want to own a plan outright, Mumma Glow is built for that.
Can I use both?
Yes, and some mums do, though usually not at once. A common pattern is starting with an affordable guide to learn the foundations, then moving to a membership when you are ready for progressive strength work or a return to impact. Just avoid running two conflicting programs in the same week, as that makes it very hard to tell what is helping.
Do I need a program at all, or is the NHS advice enough?
The NHS advises pelvic floor exercises from soon after birth and a postnatal check with your GP at around six to eight weeks, and ACOG frames postpartum care as an ongoing process rather than one appointment. That guidance is sound and free. A program adds structure, progression and an order of operations, which is what most mums say they were missing. It is a convenience purchase, not a medical necessity.
How long before I notice anything?
Honestly, it varies. Connective tissue recovery is slow and non-linear, and research by Sperstad and colleagues published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine in 2016 found diastasis recti in about 60% of women at six weeks postpartum, 45.5% at six months and 32.6% at twelve months, with or without formal exercise programs. Most mums report changes in how their core feels, meaning control and confidence, before they see changes in how it looks. Results vary from mum to mum.
Is Mumma Glow affiliated with FitNest Mama?
No. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with FitNest Mama in any way. This comparison is based on publicly available information on their website as at July 2026, and you should check their site for current pricing and inclusions before buying.
Sources: FitNest Mama official website (program and pricing information, accessed July 2026); Sperstad JB et al., Diastasis recti abdominis during pregnancy and 12 months after childbirth, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2016; NHS, Keeping fit and healthy with a baby and Your postnatal check; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), Optimizing Postpartum Care.
This article is general education, not medical advice, and Mumma Glow is not affiliated with any program named here. Recovery is individual and results vary from mum to mum. Please see your GP, midwife or a women health physiotherapist before starting or changing postnatal exercise, especially if you have pain, leaking, heaviness in the pelvis, or a gap that is not improving.