Postpartum Bowel Movements – Everyone Poops

Postpartum Bowel Movements – Everyone Poops

Postpartum Bowel Movements – Everyone Poops Every woman that has had a new baby can attest that there seems to be literally nothing that remains the same after that delivery. You are sleep deprived, your belly is shrinking as your breasts shrink and grow by the...
Postpartum Pelvic Floor – Perineal Tearing

Postpartum Pelvic Floor – Perineal Tearing

Postpartum Pelvic Floor – Perineal Tearing I first heard of perineal tearing as a teenager when a family member had her first baby. We could not go back to see her right away, my mom softly whispered to me, because she was being stitched up. I thought to myself...
Postpartum Pelvic Floor – Inflammation

Postpartum Pelvic Floor – Inflammation

Postpartum Pelvic Floor – Inflammation In the final part of my series of three posts on the postpartum pelvic floor, I want to write about inflammation. In the words of the women who suggested this topic to me, “YOUR LADY PARTS WILL BE SWOLLEN LIKE A MARINATED...
Postpartum Stress Incontinence

Postpartum Stress Incontinence

Postpartum Stress Incontinence One of the most common complaints I hear from women postpartum is that they are struggling with incontinence, or uncontrolled urinary leakage. While there are multiple types, the most frequently diagnosed for women after childbirth is...