Today I talk with Blair about a range of postpartum topics, including prolapse, how C-sections don&apos;t necessarily mean a healthy pelvic floor, how to balance mental health during physical recovery, &quot;safe&quot; postpartum exercises and how fear keeps us weak. We talk about sex after prolapse, how many times it takes to get the right pessary fit, queefing and incontinence after orgasm, and why relaxing your pelvic floor muscles can actually improve things. Connect with Blair: <a href='http://www.pregnancyandpostpartumpt.com/'>www.pregnancyandpostpartumpt.com</a>Facebook PregnancyandPostpartumPTInstagram @pregnancy_and_postpartum_pt Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Want to be a guest on the show? Email me at thepostpartumrevolutionpodcast@gmail.com<a rel="payment" href="https://ko-fi.com/thepostpartumrevolution">Support the show</a>

Optimizing GI Health Postpartum with Susan Clinton, PT, DScPT, OCS, WCS, COMT, FAAOMPT

Welcome to The Postpartum Revolution! This podcast was born because, as a pelvic health physical therapist, I’ve heard and seen the ways our system has failed postpartum people in America. Newly postpartum people have repeated the same questions to me, with fear in their eyes and fatigue written all over their bodies, and I’ve grown tired of soothing them with the reassurance that it’s “all a part of the process, it’s normal to feel like this”. I began to wonder - what the hell kind of “normal process” is this, that produces tired and scared mothers? While not everyone has a negative experience with childbirth and postpartum, many people do. A lot of factors influence our postpartum experience: understanding how your body recovers, how much community and financial support you have, and how well our society helps to support a new family. My goal is to provide education about the postpartum recovery process, so you can set yourself up for a successful return to the things that bring you joy.  I also want to bring awareness to the larger, systemic challenges that pregnant and postpartum people face, so that collectively we can start to turn the tide of our culture, and our children won't be trapped in an unhealthy and unsupported birth and postpartum culture. We have lost our power in the birth and postpartum world, and our loss is directly linked to other people's gain. It's time to take back the power over our bodies, our births, and our postpartum health. We are the change we have been waiting for. Let's go.