More Mini-Moments: HAPPINESS

our first speaker under health is dr sarah reardon her speaker session is stinky ways motherhood changes your pelvic floor and practical fixes you can start now

These are just things that our parents were never taught.

You don't talk about this part of your body.

We call it the private parts because it's like we're supposed to not talk about them.

We're often taught to feel ashamed or embarrassed.

I mean, this starts from a very young age when we have our periods and we like, you know, slip tampons up our shirt sleeves because we don't want people to know we have our periods.

If we do have a problem, like we don't even know who to talk to.

And then say you finally do work up the courage to go to talk to a medical provider.

The research is very clear that women are gaslit in medical practices more than men.

So say you finally work up the courage to maybe go talk to your doctor and then they tell you like, oh, you know, pain with sex after having a kid.

That's that's just normal.

Give it another six months or like a little leakage after babies is fine.

But just wait till you're done having kids and then I'll send you to surgery.

So we've been taught to not talk about it.

Once we do talk about it, we're often dismissed.

So we're left with no resources and then often feeling like our bodies are broken, like we did something wrong.

And the reality of it is you did nothing wrong.

We just have not had the education and training implemented into the pregnancy and postpartum care process to really help women navigate these issues.

Monica, it gives us confidence.

You know, I think that sometimes we're like, oh, I don't know if it's okay to run or I don't know if I should chase after my kid because I might wet my pants or I don't know if I should pass up that bathroom because I don't know if I'll be able to make it to another stop.

So I think it's ultimately we want what we want is we want to feel good in our bodies.

And so I think it's giving moms the confidence that you can trust your body again to do to either show up as a mom or in an exercise class or during intimacy in a way that we feel really comfortable and confident.

And that's what I think is so important that helps moms feel seen, you know, like not forgotten in this process, but like our recovery matters.