78: A Pelvic PT’s Curve Balls in Pushing

Birth Matters

As a pelvic PT, Helene started off pregnancy with unique and applicable skills that informed her decision to pursue an unmedicated delivery in a hospital. She shares about the various things that helped her have mostly the kind of labor and birth she had hoped for, including support from her husband and doula, breathwork, a peanut ball, hydrotherapy, and more. When it comes time for pushing, both the position and the technique she ends up using are not ones she ever would have guessed she’d do nor would she recommend to clients, but that felt necessary due to both exhaustion and a medical concern for the baby. Helene also shares about her early breastfeeding and healing challenges, and how going through this process personally inspired her to start a fully virtual pelvic PT and other perinatal care support service offering.
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