Your body postpartum: Your body goes through many changes during pregnancy, but after birth, your body is also transforming.
In this exercise, you will have the chance to interact with a body image. You can click on the diagram to explore the physical changes a woman may experience after giving birth.
Linked to each body part is a description of the challenges a woman might face, along with tips and strategies to manage concerns, and guidance on how to ask for help.
In this step, we are exploring:
- Urinary incontinence
- Faecal incontinence
- Pelvic Girdle Pain and Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction
- Mental health: anxiety and depression
- Sexual health
- Mastitis
- Wound healing and care postpartum
- Body changes immediately postpartum: blood loss after childbirth
Some of these challenges we will be looking at in greater detail throughout the course.
How to use this exercise
- Click on any of the circle icons to be taken to information about each health issue.
- Click next or prev on the bottom right hand side to move page
- Click on the large X on the top right hand side to close a page
- Use the back button on your browser to navigate back to the course.
Click on the exercise below to learn more about a women's body postpartum.