By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published December 23, 2019
Direct Answer: Healing diastasis recti isn’t about doing more crunches — it’s about restoring tension and function to the linea alba. Kim’s ABC approach — Alignment, Breathing, and Coordinatio...
Why I Highly Recommend the EPI-NO
Over the centuries, different cultures have used creative methods to help lessen the pain of labour or ease delivery.
In Africa, for instance, women use gourds of increasing size to help stretch the perineum in preparation for birth in order to reduce the likel...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published December 21, 2019
Direct Answer: Pelvic organ prolapse is the progressive descent of the bladder, uterus, or rectum into or out of the vagina, affecting an estimated 50% of women who have given birth. Early stage...
Ways to Improve Your Postural Alignment
You know the saying when someone has worked really hard at something and you say, ‘She really worked her butt off!’ I joked about that after I had my first child as I remarked at my really flat butt! ‘I birthed my butt off!’ I would say…
That was before I ...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published December 19, 2019
Direct Answer: Perineal healing after birth relies on gentle heat and herbal soaks (sitz baths, compresses, or a peri bottle) to soothe tearing, followed by a gradual, physio-guided return to ...
How Our Modern World Has Changed Birth
The female body is designed to give birth – the shape of our pelvis, we have a uterus, the hormones – but this natural phenomenon is becoming increasingly unnatural with medical interventions, a technology-driven society and the rise in high-intensity exerci...
We Would Never Poop This Way—Why Do We Give Birth This Way?
This is not a blog about the fear of pooping during birth, but rather a few points designed to make you think and possibly question the way most women give birth.
Think about the following points for a moment:
When you need to have a b...
Fitness in pregnancy is key but there is something you absolutely need to keep in mind - be specific. There is a principle in fitness called the Principle of Specificity. It states that the best way to develop physical fitness for your event or activity is to train the body as closely as possible to...
We've all heard the saying that giving birth is like running a marathon. Really it is like running 4-6 marathons and unfortunately, birth is not looked at like an event that needs to be trained for. Mind and body need to be prepared for the big day and also for recovery. Pre and postnatal fitness a...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published December 12, 2019
Direct Answer: Low libido in women can often be improved by addressing it from multiple angles at once: open communication with your partner, regular exercise, and — when appropriate — medical s...
