Birth Preparation

At Evolve Physical Therapy we want to help every woman be prepared for her birth! We help women who are having aches and pains from pregnancy and also help women who want to enhance their birth experience. Learning how to effectively relax the pelvic floor, activate their core muscles for pushing and improve mobility for optimal pushing positions are just a few things we work on with our patients.

Here is a check-list of the things we cover during our birth prep sessions:

• Physical therapy management of pregnancy-related aches and pains 
• Improve hip, low back and pelvic mobility for baby positioning in the third trimester
• Personalized core & upper body strengthening program to improve postpartum recovery
• Learn perineal massage to improve pelvic floor flexibility leading up to delivery 
• Education on positions and pain management strategies to help progress labor 
• Learn pushing strategies and delivery positions to reduce tearing 
• Become informed about C-sections in case there is a change in plans 
• Education on early postpartum pelvic floor rehab exercises to start from day 0 
• Receive a checklist of PT recommended postpartum essentials Learn about postpartum healing process and when to return to pelvic floor physical therapy

When do we like to see patients for birth prep?

If a patient is having no aches or pains, we will start birth prep sessions between 22-28 weeks!

If a patient is having aches or pains related to pelvic floor, hip or low back, we like to see them around week 12.

**We also have a pelvic floor therapist who is Spanish speaking!**