Pelvic health physiotherapist Jenna Mooney discusses how to care for your pelvic floor in the perinatal period

In the 30 minute video below, highly experienced Australian pelvic health physiotherapist Jenna Mooney discusses

• Why caring for your pelvic floor matters

• How to protect your pelvic health once you've had a baby

• Belly breaths

• Care of perineal and Caesarian scars

• Enjoying sex again after giving birth (when you're ready), conversations to have with your partner, and the best lubricants to use

In the 2 minute video below, Jenna discusses returning to exercise and sport ... on top of the day and night physical work-out of caring for your baby ...!

About Jenna Mooney

Jenna's qualifications are

• Australian Physiotherapy Association Titled Women's Health and Continence Physiotherapist

• Masters of Physiotherapy (Pelvic Health)

• Bachelor of Physotherapy

• Professional Certificate in Conservative Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse

• Graduate Certificate in Physiotherapy (Pelvic Floor)

• Graduate Certificate in Physiotherapy (Exercise and Women's Health).

These videos were recorded in a Shared Medical Appointment run by Dr Trudi Beck, Director and GP-obstetrician IBCLC, Nova Health Co, October 2023, with the written consent for use in this context by all participating women. I'm very grateful to Jenna and Trudi, the other staff and the wonderful patients at Nova Health Co., Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia for everyone's generous support of my work, the NDC/Possums programs, and their desire to contribute to well-being of other women in the perinatal period.

The following words are from The Mama's Physio site. They are by Elizabeth Noble, an obstetric physiotherapist who is known as the mother of pelvic floor physiotherapy in America, celebrating a woman's pelvis.

The centre of gravity.

Centre of pleasure.

Centre of reproduction.

Centre of creativity.

A bony basin to cradle a baby.

Our first home, the primordial cave of bliss or terror?

Wounds are stored here.

Survival, relationships, power and money.

A bony bridge between trunk and legs.

Muscular floor pulsing and pumping.

Architecture of containment.

Keystone of good posture.

Base of emotional security.

Love’s portals.

Selected references

VanWiel L, Unke M, Samuelson RJ, Whitaker KM. Associations of pelvic floor dysfunction and postnatal mental health: a systematic review. J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2024 Feb 15:1-22. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2024.2314720. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38357811.