My Pelvic Health Journey

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, Rachel opens up about an area of her life that she has kept private for the past couples of years - and a story she never thought she would tell. It is a vulnerable and intimate story about her pelvic floor. After learning she had a low-grade prolapse after her first birth, Rachel discovered this was affecting many areas of her life. Walking was uncomfortable, dancing led to embarrassing situations, and she felt her vitality slipping away. But then she learned how common this experience was. Did you know that as many as 50% of women may experience a prolapse after birth? This episode is Rachel’s journey into all things pelvic health; from reproductive care to contraceptives, pregnancy, birth and postpartum. She shares what she went through growing up, what she experienced after birth, and most importantly, how she healed. If this episode interests you, don’t miss our upcoming episode on March 21 with Dr. Sara Reardon, aka @the.vagina.whisperer on Instagram, where we will get into the nitty gritty of this issue. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the podcast, I finally open up about an area of my life that I have kept
0:06.0	fairly private over the past couple of years. Today, I tell you the story of my pelvic floor.
0:13.4	Very exciting, I know, but we are going to dive into all things, pelvic health and reproductive
0:18.8	care and contraceptives and real postpartum care, what that actually
0:24.7	can look like. And I share my own very intimate journey all the way from not really knowing
0:30.8	anything about pelvic floor strength, thinking I had it all together, to learning I most likely had or still have, I'm
0:39.5	unsure, a low-grade prolapse after my first birth. And I share all the ways I've been working
0:46.1	to heal that and the things I've learned along the way. So this is a really vulnerable episode
0:51.2	that I feel so relieved to share with you. And I would love to hear your
0:55.8	stories too. Let's continue the conversation at the From the Heart Instagram account. Go follow me
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1:36.2	Let's jump in.
1:41.1	All right, my friends, welcome back to another episode of From the Heart. I have a very clear topic for today's podcast episode, which is very rare. I almost never happens that before I sit down to record, I know specifically what I want to talk about.
2:03.6	And what I'm going to talk about today is something that I actually decided a while ago that
2:08.6	I'm not going to share this story on the podcast. It felt too personal. It felt too sensitive.
2:16.5	It felt like I didn't have enough answers to unpack it on the show.
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