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Episode 103: Understanding How Our Body Heals 6 Weeks Postpartum and Beyond

by | Jan 21, 2020 | 0 comments

 

Episode 103: Understanding How Our Body Heals 6 Weeks Postpartum and Beyond

In today’s episode, Anita breaks down the postpartum tissue-healing phases, as well as considerations to make your healing journey as easy as possible.

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Resources and References:

Anita’s free guide : 3 Tips to Help Pelvic Floor Connection in Pregnancy to Prepare for Birth Without doing 100s of Kegels a Day

Cesarean scar massage video 

TBAB episode 26: Tips for Perineal Healing 

TBAB episode 4: First 6 weeks of postpartum recovery

Jessie’s Core & Floor Restore online program

 

Time Stamps:

2:20 – What we are talking about today!

3:23 – What your body needs in the first 6 weeks of recovery to get back to your regular activity!

3:59 – Healing time and how recovery will look is different for almost everyone.

4:33 – The roles of our pelvic floor muscles

5:21 – Tissue Healing Phase #1: Acute Inflammatory Phase

6:34 – Tissue Healing Phase #2: Sub-Acute Phase

10:21 – Tissue Healing Phase #3: Remodeling Phase

14:17 – A recommendation of Jessie’s Core and Floor Restore Program

14:40 – It’s helpful you’re able to see a pelvic health physiotherapist at 6 weeks.

16:18 – Episode wrap up!

17:37 – Bump to Birth is almost here! Get on the waitlist!