Pelvic health physiotherapists

Pelvic health physiotherapists may be involved in your care, if you:

• experience bladder problems including on-going postnatal incontinence
• have given birth to a baby that weighs more than 4 kilograms
• had an assisted birth or sustained a third or fourth degree tear.

If this service is offered by your maternity unit, you may see them on the postnatal wards or be invited for a follow-up appointment or class  approximately six weeks after giving birth. Should you have any on-going concerns when you are home from the maternity unit and you have not been offered this service, speak to a midwife or GP, who can refer you to a pelvic health physiotherapist.