Birth to 6-8 weeks after delivery
- You’re tired and generally not feeling like your old self yet.
- Stitches and tissue damage/tears may feel tender.
- Your post birth bleeding should have ceased.
- You may be a little fearful of or cautious when performing bowel movements.
- You may have difficulty straightening up/standing tall especially if you had a caesarean.
- Your caesarean scar is still healing and may be tender. You will have to modify getting up and down from the sitting and lying down positions.
- Your pelvis might be feeling very unstable and loose or conversely you might feel a general tightness in your pelvic region.
- Your abdominal may feel loose and unsupported.
- Your muscle may be tight and achy especially around your hips, shoulders neck and backs of your thighs.
- You may have some degree incontinence – urinary, gas or faecal.
- You may have difficulty mentally connecting to your Pelvic Floor muscles.
- You might be experiencing some neck, bicep and shoulder pain and general tightness in your upper body due to the demands of breastfeeding.
Acknowledgements: Jenny Burrell, burrelleducation.com