A Kelowna physiotherapist has started a podcast to support women during pregnancy, birth preparation, and postpartum recovery.

As a working physiotherapist, Melissa Dessaulles saw many women coming in with some of the same issues after giving birth: leaking, prolapse, pain with intimacy and having difficulty getting back to exercise 害羞草研究所� all normal feelings. That害羞草研究所檚 when she decided to start , a website that teaches women how to support their bodies from pregnancy to postpartum.

害羞草研究所淓verybody knows physiotherapists treat muscles, bones and joints,害羞草研究所� Dessaulles told Capital News. 害羞草研究所淭he issues that we have after having babies are related to muscles 害羞草研究所� they害羞草研究所檙e just muscles that live inside our pelvis and they have embarrassing jobs.

害羞草研究所淭he pelvic floor and our core muscles are responsible for so many important things like having pleasurable intercourse and allowing us to go to the washroom properly.害羞草研究所�

Dessaulles says the biggest frustration her post-partum patients would have when they would come into the office was that there was no place they could educate themselves on how to heal their body after giving birth, a frustration she recalls feeling after she had her first child.

She launched The Pelvic Floor Project, a podcast on Mommy Berries, to help remove the stigma around having those important discussions.

害羞草研究所淚t害羞草研究所檚 like this taboo topic that no one wants to talk about,害羞草研究所� Dessaulles explained.

The podcast allows women to maintain their privacy about what their body is going through and learn about some of the issues they are afraid to discuss, like not being able to be intimate after giving birth.

害羞草研究所淎 lot of it is just education,害羞草研究所� the long-time physiotherapist added. 害羞草研究所淚 incorporate my expertise and I speak to other healthcare professionals in hopes to help these women better understand what is happening with their bodies.

害羞草研究所淭he wheels fell off my bus after having my first baby. My friends didn害羞草研究所檛 talk about these issues; my doctor didn害羞草研究所檛 talk about it. So when I started getting the help myself, I realized healing your pelvic floor is just rehabilitating your muscles, like with any other injury on your body.害羞草研究所�

New episodes of launch every Tuesday on Mommy Berries at 5 a.m. PST. Listen .

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