Strong Foundations

An honest guide to empower you and support your pelvic health throughout your life, as well as your motherhood journey.

This book takes women on a journey to understand their pelvic health from childhood to their older days. It will discuss the taboo topics everyone wants to understand more about and empower women to help themselves with practical advice.

Pelvic health is rarely discussed - however, it affects a huge range of physiological functions and contributes a significant part to our overall well-being - from sex and mobility, to bladder and bowel control. It is something we should be educated on from pre-natal, all the way through to post-menopause.

Many factors can affect your pelvic floor, and vice versa. Stress can impact its function, which in turn can lead to IBS and UTIs, and it can have a negative impact on your sex life well before pregnancy or childbirth. The book is divided into three parts:

1. Getting to know your body and the function of the pelvic floor and the muscles surrounding it, explaining the link to the bladder and bowels, plus an overview of hormonal cycles in menstruating women;
2. How our pelvic health and function changes throughout our lives, with symptoms explained and practical tips, advice and exercises to protect and strengthen your pelvic health;
3. Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond, including potentially debilitating conditions for which there is very little accessible help or information including diastasis recti, prolapse, and incontinence.

The book is practical throughout, with genuine help and solutions offered from lifestyle changes to exercises, and advice on what help is available, when to seek further professional help and how to ask for it. It provides much-needed solutions and hope for women in all stages of life through an expert and friendly tone.