Episode #50: Tips to prepare your pelvic floor for pregnancy and postpartum with Laura Holland and Nadia Qahwash
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In this episode, Rhonda and Dayna chat with Laura Holland and Nadia Qahwash all about preparing your pelvic floor for pregnancy and postpartum. Laura Holland and Nadia Qahwash are pelvic floor physiotherapists in the K-W region who are big believers in providing women with knowledge, comfort and confidence to birth smarter, not harder. They believe that teaching women the foundations of their pelvic health during pregnancy will set them up for a positive birth and healing experience, postpartum. Together, they make up Birthwell!
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LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN EPISODE
🔹 Listen to Laura’s previous episode on Postpartum Return to Intimacy
🔹 Follow Birthwell on Instagram
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🔹 Pelvic Health and Fitness Podcast
SHOW NOTES:
(0:52) - What we are talking about, today! (and a helpful guide that Rhonda has updated for you!)
(2:25) - Habit #1: Straining to pee
(8:11) - Habit #2: Straining to poop (and constipation management)
(14:45) - Habit #3: Going pee “just in case”
(21:40) - Habit #4: Having urgency with certain environmental cues
(26:00) - Habit #5: Delaying the urge to have a bowel movement
(29:06) - Habit #6: Hovering over the toilet
(31:27) - Wrap up!