I am physically the strongest I have ever been in my life. I just achieved a personal best in a half marathon in August. I am one year postpartum. So, you are probably asking yourself, why on earth would she go see a pelvic health physiotherapist now? photo by Roughley Originals In order to know where you’re going, you need to know where you’ve come from, so let’s go back in time and I will tell you a little bit about my pre and postnatal history. My first child, Everly, came along just over three years ago. I was active during her pregnancy; I practiced yoga once a week, ran until about 20 weeks gestation, and afterwards continued to walk daily. We lived in Phoenix, Arizona at the time so it was easy to get outside every day. I had high blood pressure towards the end of the pregnancy and was induced at 38 weeks gestation. After about six hours of labour Everly’s heart rate was dropping with every contraction and I was about 1cm dilate...
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