Why I Start Teaching Perineal Massage Way Earlier Than the Research Says
Why do we start teaching perineal massage (and all of our birth prep) earlier than most at PelvicSanity? There are a few reasons.
The first is simple - 37 weeks is considered full term. No one will try and stop it if you go into labor. So we plan to have all of our birth prep complete by then. Any time we get after 37 weeks is just a bonus. We're keeping our people comfortable or reminding them of things we've already covered in those final weeks.
Next, most of our pregnant folks are coming in with other symptoms. So if we're planning to wait until 34 or 35 weeks, our plan to teach perineal…
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