Bladder & Bowel Control — Postpartum
Pregnancy and birth ask an enormous amount of the pelvic floor, and it’s completely normal for things to feel different afterward — leaking when you laugh or lift the baby, a sense of heaviness or pressure, or simply not feeling like yourself down there. None of that means something is wrong with you, and none of it is something you have to just accept. Many patients find real, supportive recovery once the pelvic floor is helped along properly.
What it is
During pregnancy and delivery the pelvic floor muscles and supporting tissues stretch and work hard. Afterward, that can show up as stress leakage, urgency, a feeling of heaviness or bulge, or reduced sensation and support. These are common recovery experiences — and they respond well to focused, gentle strengthening.
Who it affects
Some degree of pelvic floor change is extremely common after birth, whether vaginal or caesarean. Many people are told it will “just get better” and quietly wait — sometimes for years. Supporting recovery intentionally, when you’re ready, tends to help you feel more like yourself sooner.
How we help
We start with an unhurried assessment of where your recovery is, then build a supportive plan around it — always at your pace.
EMSELLA® — Pelvic Floor Strengthening
EMSELLA® prompts thousands of deep pelvic floor contractions per session while you sit fully clothed — a comfortable way to rebuild strength and coordination without floor exercises you have to fit around a newborn. Many patients find it helps with leaking and with that sense of support.
O-Shot® PRP
The O-Shot® uses your own platelet-rich plasma to support tissue quality and comfort. Alongside EMSELLA®, it can support both the muscular and tissue sides of postpartum recovery, including comfort and sensation.
Bladder and pelvic-floor care begins with a complimentary consultation with Shannon — so you understand what is happening and what would help before you decide anything.
Meet with Shannon for a complimentary continence and pelvic floor consultation. She will review your symptoms, relevant medical history, bladder or bowel concerns and contributing factors, explain how pelvic floor strengthening and health teaching may help, and discuss the most appropriate next steps.
An EMSELLA® experience may be included when clinically appropriate — the pelvic-floor treatment you sit on, fully clothed. Whether it suits your situation is Shannon’s clinical judgment, discussed at your consultation.
From there you choose the approach that fits — a physiotherapy-led program or our standard program — with pricing laid out plainly and Shannon guiding which is right for you.
This is more than access to a chair. Depending on what your consultation finds, your care may include clinical history review, continence education, bladder and bowel health teaching, pelvic floor strengthening, behavioural recommendations, and referral or medical follow-up where appropriate.
The bladder-leakage screener (ICIQ) and the Prolapse Screener help you gauge where things are — free, private, about two minutes each.
Start with a Complimentary Pelvic Floor Function Consultation with Shannon — no pressure, completely confidential, and entirely at your pace. An EMSELLA® experience may be included when clinically appropriate.
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