At My Wellness Centre we provide postnatal therapy to meet the needs of new mothers in their new challenge. We thrive to help you recover and rebalance yourself from the birth.
We recommend having a physical checkup 6 weeks after childbirth.
Symptoms you may experience after giving birth
Bladder incontinence
Fecal incontinence
Heaviness/dragging sensation in your vagina
Painful sexual intercourse (dyspareunia)
Painful episiotomy scar
Painful c-section scar
Residual pelvic pain
Back pain
Neck pain
Thumb/wrist pain when carrying your baby (Tenosynovitis)
Bloating
Splitting of the abdominal muscles (diastasis recti abdominis)
Weak core
Why Postnatal care is important?
Whether you had a vaginal delivery with or without ventouse/forceps or a c-section childbirth, a postnatal checkup is essential to approach the challenges of parenthood with serenity.
If in most cases child birth happen in good conditions, some delivery happen to be traumatic physically and emotionally.
As your body is readjusting after birth, you may experience urine leakage.
There are 3 types of urinary incontinence
Stress incontinence
urgency incontinence
Mixed incontinence (stress and urgency)
overflow incontinence (bladder doesn't empty completely)
On top of that some women may experience painful sexual intercourse which may arise from a weak pelvic floor or a painful episiotomy scar.
How do I know if my pelvic floor muscles are strong?
Pelvic floor problems can occur when the pelvic floor muscles are weak, Hence the importance of a pelvic floor check-up.
If you experience the following symptoms then you may have a weak pelvic floor,
Leaking urine
Bowel incontinence
Passing wind accidentally
Painful sexual intercourse
Dragging or heaviness sensation in the vagina
A bulge in the vagina
Reduced Sensation in the vagina
If you experience the following symptoms and would like more information about the post-natal check-up get in touch with your women's health specialist.