Pelvic Floor Prep for Labor and Recovery
Our evidence-based course helps you prepare your pelvic floor for birth and postpartum recovery with empowering information and simple, actionable steps that you can start taking at home.
What You’ll Learn:
- What your pelvic floor is and how it’s impacted by birth
- What you can do prior to and during birth to improve outcomes
- How you can practice pushing prior to birth
- Ways to push to reduce stress on your pelvic floor
- What you can do prior to and during birth to reduce the likelihood and severity of perineal tearing
- How to adapt this information in the case of a c-section birth
- Why pelvic floor relaxation is important for labor and how you can practice relaxation on your own at home
- Discussion topics to voice with your medical team in preparation for birth
- Appropriate expectations for your bladder, bowel and sexual health postpartum
- Timelines and realistic expectations for safely returning to exercise postpartum
- Indications that you may need personalized help postpartum and where you can find it
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Bio:
Dr. Rebecca Maidansky, PT, DPT earned her doctorate in physical therapy at Temple University and has over 10,000 hours of clinical experience working as a pelvic floor physical therapist. She is the owner of Lady Bird Physical Therapy, a perinatal specialty clinic in Austin, TX where she works with folks locally as well as all over the world.
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