Oct 12, 2026 · 34 min · 13 segments
October is **National Physical Therapy Month**, and you might be wondering, *"Why would I need a physical therapist as a mom?"* Grab your headphones as we replay one of our most valuable episodes…
Emily GilmoreGuestSarah ParkhurstHostWhitney GayHost
Well, the interesting thing is, during pregnancy, they actually get kind of tighter.
Really? Because hormonally, everything around our pelvis is spreading, and our body's, like, begging for stabilization, not to mention we have, like, a huge center of gravity change, as we have this pregnant belly- Uh-huh ...
And so our body's like, "Help, help, my pelvis is spreading apart." And so sometimes during pregnancy, our pelvic floor can actually get tighter.
So, you know, there's some bad advice floating around out there during pregnancy, that we need to do, like, 500 Kegels a day-
That, I don't know where that came from, but anybody who's listening, please do not do that.
Well, the interesting thing is, during pregnancy, they actually get kind of tighter.
Really? Because hormonally, everything around our pelvis is spreading, and our body's, like, begging for stabilization, not to mention we have, like, a huge center of gravity change, as we have this pregnant belly- Uh-huh ...
And so our body's like, "Help, help, my pelvis is spreading apart." And so sometimes during pregnancy, our pelvic floor can actually get tighter.
So, you know, there's some bad advice floating around out there during pregnancy, that we need to do, like, 500 Kegels a day-
That, I don't know where that came from, but anybody who's listening, please do not do that.
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