Let’s explore the importance of pelvic floor health, common postpartum pelvic floor problems and symptoms, and strategies to address those problems and maintain optimal pelvic floor function.
After birth, going to the bathroom can be scary. We are here to support you and help you prepare for what to expect. From pain and constipation to everything in between, here’s our guide to help you survive that first postpartum poop.
This blog will cover the common postpartum recovery stages and potential complications that can arise. We’ll share best practices for caring for yourself during each stage, and you’ll learn when it’s important to reach out to your doctor.
Whether this is your first birth or your tenth, postpartum life can look drastically different from one baby to the next. We have compiled our top tips to help make your postpartum experience a happy and healthy one.
The postpartum care and healing process varies from mom to mom, but C-sections tend to be a bit more complicated. Read our blog to learn more about cesarean birth, including our top tips for C-section recovery.
Pregnant bodies shift and adapt to accommodate the precious little ones they are growing, and you’ll likely notice changes in how you stand, walk, and get around throughout the day. Learn about the postpartum compression and pregnancy support garments that can help you with your postpartum body.
Given that persistent DRA is often blamed for postpartum concerns like low back pain, pelvic floor issues, and lingering frustrations with post-pregnancy body image, it’s no wonder that it has become one of the hottest topics in the postpartum-rehab world. Can we prevent it? Why does it resolve in some people and not in others? Can we restore core function after birth even if we have stubborn DRA? What core exercises or ab exercises can heal diastasis recti?
Let’s take a look at what we know about DRA, and what we can do to address it.
There’s an entire industry centered around infant sleep. You can purchase hundreds of different products that offer the promise of more, better, safer sleep. Bassinets, travel cribs, robotic rockers, mini-cribs, and convertible cribs. Noise machines, blackout curtains, crib warmers, and sleep sacks. Books, courses, and endless advice. When you’re a sleep deprived new parent, you might try anything to help your baby sleep longer so that you can also get some rest.
Childbirth is physically traumatic, even under the best circumstances. Talk to any mom you know, and you’ll find that going through postpartum recovery for the first time can come as a major shock. What if we knew more about what possibilities to expect and where to turn for support in our recovery? Would that knowledge make the whole experience less stressful and traumatic?
From the earliest weeks of pregnancy, lots of questions arise on what can feel like a daily basis. Take a break from Google and enjoy some much-deserved rest as we covered the twelve most frequently-asked pregnancy questions.
