Birth Prep

Listen, there is no easy way out of a human exiting your body.

It’s a transcendent, wild, beautiful, often painful, sometimes scary experience- and you will never be the same. I cannot possibly prepare you for everything, but what I can do is inform you from a pelvic health perspective on some of the best ways to prepare for delivery- be it vaginal delivery or caesarean section (c-section). From understanding more about perineal tearing, birth positions and how to push, to knowing what to ask about forceps or instrumentation if that comes up. And then how to care for your body in those very early days and weeks postpartum, regardless of delivery mode. When I do birth prep with patients it’s not in place of prenatal classes- it’s supplementary. Please know I come at this from an evidence based perspective- but I’ve also had two humans exit my body- so there’s some personal experience here too. A bonus is that almost all of this can be done virtually which can make scheduling more flexible.