Anietie Ukpe-Wallace, also known as Tia, has had a life-long fascination with the human body and its inner workings. Beginning with a formal introduction to movement in college, she has continued that journey ever since. As a yoga teacher of 8 years in the East Bay, her practice morphed from one of structure and ego to one of humility and independent thinking. After her own struggles surrounding her pelvic floor, she has grown a love for learning and understanding this part of the body that is rarely talked about and sometimes even misunderstood.
Trigger Warning
I want to gently provide a trigger warning for miscarriage and stillborn birth. In today’s episode Tia shares vulnerably around her experience with her own miscarriage, so I encourage you to listen to your heart to know if you’re in a space to process that story.
After giving birth to my fourth son, my body fell apart. I was frustrated, exhausted, dealing with postpartum depression, and felt like there was no path to true healing for my condition. Join me as I share my journey toward healing with the specific steps that I took 5-6 finger gap over the course of a year.
Annemarie Everett, DPT. WCS is a pelvic floor physical therapist who works primarily with perinatal clients. Haley Shevener, CSCS, is a perinatal exercise specialist and mom with POP. Annemarie and Haley share a passion for evidence-guided information, supportive resources and community. Together, they formed POP UP with the intension of changing the narrative on POP.
TO address their mission, Annemarie and Haley collectively put their experience, knowledge, skills, passion, empathy and humor into an online course that is aimed at giving YOU the tools for manage your POP and regain confidence!
Dr. Erin Bowe is a Clinical & Perinatal Psychologist and coach in Victoria supporting birth workers through birth work. After watching her own Doula struggling to process the unfolding of her second traumatic birth it occurred to her – where is the support? where is the trauma informed practice?
What are the most common misconceptions about pelvic floor health, is leaking/sneeze pee normal, and understanding relaxation and engagement specifics are just a few of the topics we hit on in today’s episode!
Compassionate boundaries allow us to stay in our lanes and know when and how to refer out.
Whether you’re a midwife, doula, OBGYN, or labor and delivery nurse I’m passionate about supporting you as you support others! In this first episode I share my journey and my “why” behind this endeavor to create a community for education and support for anyone serving in the birthing community.
