The Pelvic Floor Project
Embarrassing symptoms deserve better conversations.
Whether you're dealing with bladder leaks, prolapse, pelvic pain, painful sex, erectile dysfunction, constipation, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, or simply wondering if what you're experiencing is normal—you're not alone.
Hosted by pelvic floor physiotherapist Melissa Dessaulles, this podcast helps you understand how your body works and why symptoms happen. Through conversations with leading researchers, physicians, surgeons, sex therapists, midwives, psychologists, and other experts, we translate the latest evidence into practical information you can actually use.
No myths. No shame. No confusing medical jargon.
Just honest conversations that connect the dots—so you can feel informed, confident, and empowered to make decisions about your health.
The Pelvic Floor Project
33. Is there a best birth position? with midwife, Erin Sloan
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In this episode, I sit down with registered midwife, Erin Sloan to discuss:
- The path baby needs to take during a vaginal birth
- How the pelvis and pelvic floor are related
- How different positions can help the baby’s descent and path
- How I incorporate birth positions into my practice as a pelvic health physiotherapist
- The benefits of practicing a variety of positions
- How different props can be used
- How an epidural may affect positioning
- How you and your birth partner can advocate for different positions in your birth
Erin graduated from Laurentian University midwifery program in 2013 and has been working in Kelowna for 8 years at Maternity Care Westside. MCW is a collaboration between midwives, physicians and nurses and we aim to provide an informed, empowered and friendly experience. I love providing maternity care and can’t imagine doing anything else!
Links mentioned in episode:
Episode 17 - Discussing epidurals with an anesthesiologist: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1722389/8746826
Spinning Babies: https://www.spinningbabies.com
A review and comparison of common maternal positions during the second-stage of labor
Huang et al - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31728401/
Effect of maternal birth positions on duration of second stage of labor: systematic review and meta-analysis
Berta et al - https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-019-2620-0
Effects of flexible sacrum positions during the second stage of labour on maternal and neonatal outcomes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis.
Zang et al - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32531856/
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