Your Pelvic Floor After Birth, A Gentle Rebuild

What your pelvic floor did

It carried a growing baby for months and stretched profoundly at birth, whether you delivered vaginally or by caesarean. Recovery is muscular rehabilitation, and it responds to patience.

Signs worth taking seriously

• Leaking urine when you cough, laugh, or run
• A heaviness or dragging feeling low in the pelvis
• Pain with intimacy after you have been cleared
• Difficulty controlling wind or bowel urgency

Beginning again

Start with breath. On the inhale let the pelvic floor soften, on the exhale gently lift. Ten slow repetitions, twice a day. A pelvic health physiotherapist is worth every penny, and it is never too late to see one, even years later.