Jul 9, 2026 · 34 min · 14 segments
In this episode of *Gritty is the New Pretty*, host Krystle Edwards sits down with Jen Dugard, founder of MumSafe, to talk about changing the way mothers are supported in fitness, pregnancy…
Jen DugardGuest
Krystle EdwardsHost
What are some of the issues that you might expect a woman with kids a little older to still carry with them from pregnancy?
And maybe she's decided that that was a byproduct of having a baby and she's lived with it so long and it's normal.
And there's this phrase that we use and we say it's common, but it's not normal.
If you go beyond that further, if you've got a woman with a weaker pelvic floor who's never had really good postpartum care and understood even how to activate her pelvic floor, like a lot of women have never been taught how to properly activate their pelvic floor.
Some women, research suggests that 60% of women actually push out instead of drawing up when they think that they're activating.
If you've got a woman with an already weak pelvic floor who's potentially not activating her pelvic floor well, but she might still be training hard, as her hormones change and things like that, as she goes into later life, she could be more susceptible to things like prolapse.
You know, we need to strength train in perimenopause and menopause, but what if her pelvic floor can't cope with that?
What are some of the issues that you might expect a woman with kids a little older to still carry with them from pregnancy?
And maybe she's decided that that was a byproduct of having a baby and she's lived with it so long and it's normal.
And there's this phrase that we use and we say it's common, but it's not normal.
If you go beyond that further, if you've got a woman with a weaker pelvic floor who's never had really good postpartum care and understood even how to activate her pelvic floor, like a lot of women have never been taught how to properly activate their pelvic floor.
Some women, research suggests that 60% of women actually push out instead of drawing up when they think that they're activating.
If you've got a woman with an already weak pelvic floor who's potentially not activating her pelvic floor well, but she might still be training hard, as her hormones change and things like that, as she goes into later life, she could be more susceptible to things like prolapse.
You know, we need to strength train in perimenopause and menopause, but what if her pelvic floor can't cope with that?
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