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Meghan's avatar

Would love to see "bringing babies to dr appts" be a normal and welcome thing! I had a dentist when my youngest was a few months old, and we were new in town and didn't have a trusted sitter, and she insisted I bring him with me and her hygienists fought over who got to hold him while I got a crown placed. Still makes me mushy to think about, 9 years later.

I've also lived where the clinic had an hourly childcare room. !!! But then it got cut bc of funding issues, womp womp.

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Elizabeth G's avatar

I have been trying to organize my comment and thoughts for over an hour because this is such a personally sensitive topic and so fucking important to being a functioning Mama and human. A list is best:

1. Thank you Claire for writing this. I feel less alone when we share and talk about pelvic floors, poop, pee, pain, and all of our experiences trying to heal.

2. I had an emergency cesarean birth and emergency hysterectomy 2 years ago.

3. I live in a rural area with very few pelvic floor therapists. Discovering a zoom therapist was helpful.

4. I needed time to start exploring my healing. There is and was a lot of trauma to work through.

5. Following through on exercises on my own at home is really really challenging.

6. I recently discovered Nancy Anderson’s Ab Rehab app, also called Birth Recovery Center. Daily exercises laid out for me, super easy to follow, massage techniques too. This has been the most helpful thing for me. I feel muscles I haven’t felt in years, my scar is less scary, my sneezes and coughs aren’t causing leaks, and the exercises are fun.

7. Sending a hug to all of you ❤️

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