Three Key Components of Postpartum Care
Aside from sleeping, eating, and drinking a ton of water, this is all you should be focused on after your babe is born:
- Breathe into your body to send healing oxygen around
- Breastfeed and bond with your new baby
- Relax in warm baths filled with healing ...
Make Your Pelvic Health a Priority!
I recently received an email from a fellow entrepreneur who wanted to book a session with me because she is unhappy with her tummy and she has back pain.
She wrote:
I've been wearing my wrap lately b/c my belly is out of control. Baby weight all gone - but s...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published January 10, 2020
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Most women can safely resume sex after baby once cleared at their six-week postpartum checkup, but comfort depends more on pelvic floor healing, core reconnection, and communicat...
Some Advice for New Dads
Bringing home a new baby can be overwhelming for parents and in particular for dads, who are unsure of how to care for their new child and how to best support their partner.
Most are sure they want to bond, and to help, but are unsure of exactly how. They can be nervous...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published Jan 8, 2020
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The safest heart-healthy exercise during pregnancy is low-impact and pelvic-floor-friendly: walking, swimming, squatting, and birth-ball movements like hovering and pelvic rocking. Ai...
Pelvic Floor Pilates
Pfilates (no, that is not a typo) is a great program to help train your pelvic floor. When you add in core breathing, you have a fantastic way to improve and maintain a stronger pelvic floor for life.
We want our pelvic floor to be functional during times of rest and during ...
Some Thoughts From a Past Client
This week I am sharing some thoughts from a past client, so that you might see how pelvic health programs can really help empower women.
I met Rebekah about two years ago through Coaching Discovery Call. She is now pregnant with her second child and I recently he...
Incontinence in CrossFit is a thing....a BIG thing and while there are things I really like about CrossFit, the acceptance of leaking urine as 'normal' or 'part of being the fittest woman on the planet' just doesn't sit well with me.
I first heard about CrossFit over 10 years ago when a previous...
Consider including a Midwife on Your Birth Team
The benefits of midwives are numerous, from a reduction in episiotomies and use of interventions to a reduction in epidurals. The care they provide truly supports the normal process of birth.
I believe midwives play a huge role in protecting the ...
Why I Love Doulas
In my last post about Why I Love Midwives, I spoke of a birth team. A doula is an integral part of that birth team both prenatally, during your birth and as you transition to motherhood.
Pelvic Floor and Diastasis Recti Assessment and Screening for Midwives
I did not have a Do...
