My 8-yo son got extra house points in school this week for answering the question 'How do you tell if a baby is a boy or a girl?' Hand straight up: 'The boy will have a penis, the girl will have a vagina". He told me later "Some of them laughed. Which is very silly [...]
You loved our diastasis recti infographic... so we made you one telling you everything you need to know about your undercarriage. Fall in love with your pelvic floor. ❤ We made a diastasis recti infographic for you too! Click the image to check it out. Learn, giggle, pick up a peanut and please [...]
I was delighted this week to be contacted by Women’s Health Physiotherapist at La Femme Physio in Kingston upon Thames, Claire Rutherford, who wrote: "...I am a clinical specialist in Women’s Health Physiotherapy and have been reading the great work you’ve been doing and all the sound advice you’ve been giving to women. It’s great [...]
Sometimes women are recommended TVT surgery for severe pelvic floor weakness or post-baby stress incontinence... And sometimes it turns out they don't need it after all. Meet Lisa, who told me she no longer needs her scheduled TVT surgery for post-baby stress incontinence, and that she put it all down to following the MUTU System [...]
We don’t talk about wee leakage much with our girlfriends. It’s not really thought to be a topic of ‘polite conversation’. But we really should, because despite the apparent taboo, 1 in 3 women aged 35 and over suffers from light bladder leakage. If we talked about it, perhaps we would do more about it! [...]
Butts stick out - they're supposed to. Butt out, tummy in. Did you know that how you stand affects the tone of your pelvic floor? If you want to get your body EXACTLY where it needs to be to tone and flatten your tummy, perk-ify (I love that word so much I made [...]
Should your 'tuck your tailbone' to work your core? No. Here's why. Here's some stuff you may have been told as a kid in ballet class, or just last week by an exercise instructor... cues we have been hearing (and as instructors, taught to teach) for years about how to stand in 'correct posture' or [...]
Sex after childbirth can be a sensitive issue, in more ways than one. That 'giving birth' thing is a life changing event which affects every aspect of your body, your emotions and your relationship with your partner. It may also have been traumatic, physically damaging and painful... so if you're not feeling like doing it [...]