Pregnancy, Labour and Postpartum Support

You deserve support through pregnancy, labour and postpartum. Whether this is your first pregnancy or you’re a seasoned pro, pelvic physiotherapy can help you feel prepared, confident and ready for this next life changing step.

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Pregnancy

Pelvic physiotherapy can address a number of symptoms you may be experiencing during pregnancy

  • Leakage

  • Pelvic Pain

  • Painful Sex

  • Pregnancy Safe Exercise Guidance

Managing symptoms during pregnancy can help to reduce their persistence in the postpartum period. Typically I reserve any internal examination of the pelvic floor muscles for the second and third trimester.

Labour Preparation

We can work together to help prepare you for labour and delivery, whatever that may look like for your. Vaginal delivery or C-section we will review strategies for preparing for delivery and the early postpartum period. This may include

  • Pelvic floor exercises for labour (not just kegels!)

  • Positions and strategies for pushing

  • Guidance for early postpartum exercise (no matter how you deliver)

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Postpartum

6 Weeks + Postpartum

Pregnancy, labour and delivery have a huge impact on your pelvic floor, pelvis and abdomen. No matter how you deliver a postpartum pelvic physiotherapy assessment can set you up for success and I recommend everyone have a pelvic floor check up postpartum. If you are experiencing any of the following a pelvic physiotherapy appointment may be right for you.

  • Urinary or fecal leakage

  • Urinary or fecal urgency

  • Pelvic pressure (prolapse)

  • Pain with intercourse

  • Diastasis rectus abdominus (Abdominal separation)

  • Pelvic, hip or low back pain

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