Sarahjoalmo Yoga

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The amount of times I’ve heard someone say, “Sarah, if I had seen your content when I was still pregnant, I know I wouldn’t have needed a c-section!”

So many interventions in birth come because labor isn’t progressing and pushing is getting you nowhere.

And SO often this happens because of resistance building up in the body instead of the body making way for baby.

Tight pelvic floor muscles can mean baby’s not descending, or that you’re pushing through a locked door instead of an open gate.

Simple foam rolling like I’m showing here (yes, even at your mid back!) can go a long way in helping the pelvic floor relax.

And that’s just ONE of the many ways to relax your pelvic floor and prepare it for birth (and hopefully prevent an unnecessary c-section!).

This is exactly what I teach inside Birth-Ready Pelvic Floor.

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I’ve said it a million times and I’ll say it a million more:

Choosing to be an active participant in your birth can make ALL the difference between all those things you’re dreading (a million interventions, tearing, long labor, unplanned c-section) and the birth you’re actually dreaming of.

This looks like:

- meditating on birth affirmations (my fave here is “My baby is unique. My baby has its own story.”)
- learning how birth actually works
- train your pelvic floor to move and relax before birth so that things actually progress

This is exactly what I teach inside my pelvic floor masterclass, Birth-Ready Pelvic Floor: Why Kegels Aren’t the Answer.

⭐️ Tap follow and TRAIN for a link to the class to get your pelvic floor ready for birth.

Relax the jaw, relax the pelvic floor.

Clench the jaw, clench the pelvic floor.

Clench the pelvic floor, tense the body.

Tense the body, resist the labor.

Resist the labor, things take longer.

Things take longer, we need interventions.

Intervention begets intervention, now we need a c-section.

Or…

Relax the jaw, relax the pelvic floor.

If you’re ready to do everything in your power to shorten your labor, minimize tearing, and reduce your chances of a c-section,

Tap follow and comment RELAX down below. 👇

Most people won’t tell you this:

You should be prepping the SAME WAY for birth, no matter if your birth is high risk, home birth, c-section, induction, birth center, hospital, etc.

I’m talking specifically about nervous system and pelvic floor prep (which are SO closely tied together).

Yes 100% if you’re planning a vaginal birth, take a childbirth ed class, learn positions, weigh the pros and cons of epidurals.

Yes 100% if you’re having a c-section, learn the hospital’s procedures and what you have a say in.

But NO matter what type of birth you’re having, you need to learn how to calm your nervous system so that:

- you stay calm no matter what happens
- you don’t feel like birth just “happens” to you
- you have some agency & don’t feel helpless

Calming your nervous system also helps relax the pelvic floor so that:

- your labor progresses (if applicable, obvi)
- you minimize tearing (vaginal birth)
- YOU DON’T P*E WHEN YOU SNEEZE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AFTER THIS BABY IS BORN

It’s not so much about birth “outcome” as it is about how you experience it.

And learning to calm your system + relax your pelvic floor is THE starting point.

⭐️This is exactly what I teach inside Birth-Ready Pelvic Floor.

👇Tap follow and comment BIRTH for the link.

Understanding the jaw-pelvis connection is just one part of getting your pelvic floor ready for birth.

I teach you exactly what you need to know + how to train your pelvic floor in just half an hour inside my masterclass, Birth-Ready Pelvic Floor.

⭐️ Tap follow and comment TRAIN for the link. 👇

You’ve been told to “just do your kegels.”

But what if that’s EXACTLY why nothing is improving? 👀

Most people think you need to strengthen your pelvic floor. But a tight, overactive pelvic floor is a weak pelvic floor!

If you can’t fully relax those muscles, you may face longer labor, unnecessary tearing, or deal with things like prolapse, pee-sneezing, and painful s*x.

You don’t need hours of exercises.

You DO need to understand how your pelvic floor actually works so you can prep it for labor and give yourself the best possible chance at the birth you’re envisioning.

⭐️ This is exactly what I teach inside my Birth-Ready Pelvic Floor class.

💬 Tap follow and comment BIRTH for the link.

Write these down: ⬇️

Every birth is unique.

How things went last time does not mean this time will be the same.

This baby has his own story.

Just spending time with these affirmations can help your body do what it needs to do for labor:

✨RELAX✨

Steady your mind, relax your pelvic floor.

And it’s quite possible a tense pelvic floor contributed to how things went last time.

If that seems like a stretch, hear me out:

A tense pelvic floor can mean a tense body and mind that doesn’t let labor progress.

A labor that doesn’t progress can lead to the cascade of interventions or a c-section.

A tense pelvic floor can mean tearing and a rough recovery.

Something as simple as learning how the pelvic floor works so you can relax it for labor + delivery can make ALL the difference in your experience.

This is exactly what I teach inside Birth-Ready Pelvic Floor.

⭐️ Tap follow and comment BIRTH to watch today.