The Postpartum Revolution, With Annie Hopkins

When it comes to our pelvic function (bowel, bladder, menses, sex), we are taught the bare minimum, with a healthy dose of shame and fear.

At the same time, childbearing is both revered (are you really a woman if you don't have kids?) and feared (cue every Hollywood scene of a red-faced screaming mom and dopey dad just trying his best).

As a pelvic PT, Annie Hopkins sees how little education, support, and empowerment there is in the perinatal period, and all the focus and care is for baby, not the beautiful birthgiver.

She provides education about our pelvic anatomy and function (she meets people who think pee comes from the vagina), how the pelvic floor works during birth + how to help it recover postpartum, "common but not normal" conditions postpartum people are told are just a part of motherhood (leaking pee, painful sex, abdominal separation, prolapse, etc) and how to heal them, how societal norms are harmful to mothers (Pinterest-perfect, bounce back culture, etc), and so much more!