In this episode I discuss a few misconceptions about the pelvic floor regarding kegels and muscle tone. I give a few tips to prepare you for birth and how to help healing after birth.
Not mentionned in the episode: you can use tune up balls on your perineum and beside your sits bone to soften those muscles.
Preparing ice pads with plain witch hazel can be soothing after birth. Do not freeze pads one on top of each other.
Incontinence can be caused by hypertonia. A pelvic floor therapist can help assess and treat that.
Bath herbs for infusion: garlic cloves from a whole garlic bulb, a small handful of each: uva ursi, comfrey and calendula. simmer in 2L of water for 2h. strain, divide in 2 for 2 baths. The sooner you take your bath after birth the better. Add natural salts (plain sea salt and/or plain magnesium sulfate salts).
A study looking at the results of birthing in a squat vs on your back: there is a reduction of tearing, episotomy and forcep birth in the squatting group. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17319414/ There are many positions you can deliver in beyond on your back and squatting.
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