Episode #50: Tips to prepare your pelvic floor for pregnancy and postpartum with Laura Holland and Nadia Qahwash

Pelvic Health and Fitness Podcast

Pelvic Health and Fitness Podcast
Episode #50: Tips to prepare your pelvic floor for pregnancy and postpartum with Laura Holland and Nadia Qahwash
Apr 10, 2023 Season 1 Episode 50
Rhonda Chamberlain and Dayna Morellato

In this episode, Rhonda and Dayna chat with Laura Holland and Nadia Qahwash all about preparing your pelvic floor for pregnancy and postpartum. Laura Holland and Nadia Qahwash are pelvic floor physiotherapists in the K-W region who are big believers in providing women with knowledge, comfort and confidence to birth smarter, not harder. They believe that teaching women the foundations of their pelvic health during pregnancy will set them up for a positive birth and healing experience, postpartum. Together, they make up Birthwell!

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LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN EPISODE

🔹 Listen to Laura’s previous episode on Postpartum Return to Intimacy

🔹 Follow Birthwell on Instagram

🔹 Birthwell Website

🔹 Follow Laura on Instagram

🔹 Follow Nadia on Instagram


PODCAST LINKS & RESOURCES

🔹 Follow Rhonda on IG

🔹 Rhonda’s Website

🔹 Check out Rhonda’s FREE Resource Library

🔹 Pelvic Health and Fitness Podcast


SHOW NOTES: 

(0:52) - Who we are talking with today - and what we are talking about!

(1:47) - Nadia and Laura share a little more about themselves and how they each got into the world of women’s health physio

(9:03) - What led Laura and Nadia to join forces and create Birthwell?

(13:02) - What are some top tips that Nadia and Laura discuss with clients about pelvic floor health in pregnancy?

(18:05) - How does focusing on pelvic floor health during pregnancy help prepare clients for postpartum?

(21:40) - What are some top tips that Nadia and Laura discuss with clients about pelvic floor health, postpartum?

(31:39) - Laura and Nadia tell us about their new online course!

(34:10) - Is there anything else Nadia and Laura would like to leave our listeners with?

(38:34) - How can people find Laura, Nadia, and Birthwell online?