Endometriosis is considered an incurable disorder where endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus during the menstrual cycle. In a normal menstrual cycle, the endometrium grows tissue inside the uterus, and then it’s sloughed off during the period. Endometriosis can be painful due to the tissue that builds up and does not have anywhere to go. […]

When women are asked where their baby is in their belly, most cannot answer. When you ask young girls or young adult women what the uterus is, they honestly have no idea unless they have had advanced anatomy classes. The uterus is an organ that plays an important role in female reproduction and menstrual cycles. […]

Now that we have learned what the bladder is, let’s talk about the most common problems you can experience with it. I like to use the word “dysfunction” instead of disease during these educational blogs. Dysfunction implies that it is just a temporary problem that has a solution! Think of a bladder dysfunction as a […]

The bladder is a unique organ. It can sometimes be called a vesical and is lined with a smooth muscle called the detrusor muscle. This smooth muscle is involuntarily controlled – meaning that you cannot consciously control it. Remember that nervous system we just went over in the previous blog? Yes, that one. That is […]

The nervous system is an amazing part of the human design. It is composed of the brain, central nervous system (think spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (all the nerves that branch out from the spinal cord. I really like putting the picture of the nervous system next to the tree with roots because […]

When people say “the pelvic floor”, they are usually referring to the whole system of muscles, nerves, ligaments, and organs. Today we are going to go over the muscles that make up the pelvic floor! The pelvic floor is made up of 19 muscles (you might hear 17 depending on how an individual counts them). […]

What exactly is the pelvic floor? Well to attempt to try and simply describe a very complex system – it’s a group of muscles that are innervated by lumbosacral nerves. Those muscles have very specific functions when they contract and relax. What makes a “muscle” a “muscle” is the fact that it contracts, relaxes, and […]

Urinary incontinence is no fun. The percentage of the population, especially for women, is alarmingly high for urinary incontinence in the United States. Thankfully, research continues to make strides to help figure out risk factors, co-morbidities, and treatment techniques to help reduce this growing population. So what IS urinary incontinence? Picture the phrase: “Urinary Incontinence […]

There is a special part of postpartum where you spend 2-3 days in the hospital. This is so closely tied to the labor & delivery it should be described as part of the birth experience. The hospital birth experience is incredibly common. I would love to write a post on a home birth experience, but […]

Delivery. This is the event that a momma has waited for, for what feels like eternity. This is the end of the long journey of growing, nurturing, and willing your baby to come to life. Delivery has evolved significantly in the past few decades with new evidence and research coming to life, and ways of […]