by Emma | May 6, 2015 |
Did you know your pelvic floor muscles can help you achieve a flatter tummy…? Bet you’re going to carry on reading this blog now! … and keep doing your pelvic floors! The amount of times during my youth I had heard more mature ladies saying “Don’t let me giggle I may piddle myself!” or “I can’t do any jumping up and down for fear I will wet myself”. I never really thought much about what their statements meant….until I gave birth. When we carry a baby and give birth, our bodies go through a major transformation and need tender loving care so that function as they should. I feel it’s the same old story, we care a lot for our bodies during pregnancy but forget about them after birth. Obviously time and sleep deprivation play a huge part in this, but it’s worth knowing that in some countries you are encouraged to attend specialist classes after pregnancy and birth. When I went to my 6 week postnatal midwife check-up she just asked me if everything was ok: A very general question. I didn’t know at the time I had Diastasis Recti (tummy separation) nor did I realise my bits down below weren’t really functioning correctly. I thought it was “normal” to have a slight trickle now and again and “normal” to sometimes not make it to the toilet. Fact is I had never really been shown how to do the correct pelvic floors. Like most I was more interested in the new baby and if it was feeding right, sleeping etc. My NCT group...
