Why Mums Don't Jump
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Why Mums Don't Jump
One woman’s mission to end the stigma around leaks and lumps after childbirth. Honest chat about incontinence, prolapse and pelvic pain. Not a trampoline in sight. Hosted by Helen Ledwick.
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Vicky's Story: Leak-free running with the Efemia Bladder Support, in association with iMEDicare
Helen is back with a one-off episode in association with IMEDicare - Pelvic Health Naturally, sponsor of season 5 of Why Mums Don't Jump.
You'll...
Pelvic Health in Women's Football, with Melanie Leupolz & Emma Brockwell
Somehow it's the season 5 finale! And it's a good one!
In this episode Helen speaks to the German footballer Melanie Leupolz who returned to pla...
Pelvic Health Myth-Busting, with Dr. Carrie Pagliano
It’s so easy to get confused about pelvic floor health. One minute you know nothing about it, the next you’ve fallen down a social media rabbit hole o...
POP Club Reunited: Healing, Friendship & Feeling Fobbed Off
POP Club returns! You may remember, way back in season 1, that Helen met up with a couple of local mums who had pelvic organ prolapse and birth injury...
Hayley's Story: Prolapse, Pregnancy and Mindset
Helen speaks to Hayley Schoenberg who lives in Hamburg, Germany, with her wife and three-year-old daughter. She discovered she had a prolapse two year...
The Birth Debrief, with Illiyin Morrison
When we talk about pelvic floor problems after childbirth, you can't escape the fact that many women don't get the birth they wanted or signed up for....
Erica’s Story: Bowel Incontinence, Birth Injury and Truth as Armour
Bowel incontinence, also known as faecal incontinence, is estimated to affect up to one in ten women after childbirth. More if you include those who c...
Getting the Most From Your GP Appointment, With Dr Aziza Sesay
How do you get the most out of your GP appointment if you have symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction? Whether it's urinary incontinence, bowel incontin...
Holly's Story: Prolapse, Pessaries and Getting Your Life Back
Helen speaks to Holly Puddephatt, a content creator from Leeds, host of the podcast Me, Myself & Mum Life and mum to toddler, Thea.
Holly disco...
Bonus Episode: EveryWoman Festival 2024
Everywoman is back!
After a sparkling launch in 2023, the Everywoman Festival is returning to Cardiff on Saturday June 15th, 2024!
The f...
Bonus Episode: The EveryWoman Festival
Forget Glastonbury! There's a women's health festival happening in Cardiff on Saturday June 24th, 2023, and it's going to be epic!
The EveryWoma...
Hypopressives
If you've ever Googled your pelvic floor problems, you've probably come across Hypopressives. They're not easy to describe, but are essentially a seri...
Dr Adanna's Pelvic Floor Guide
In 2022, for the first time, a pelvic health guide was published to help non-specialist clinicians advise women on pelvic floor muscle training. It's...
Strong Like Mum, with Shakira Akabusi
How do you safely return to exercise when you have pelvic floor problems? Maybe you're afraid to make a prolapse worse, or you leak when you run or ju...
Prudent's Story
In this episode, Helen speaks to listener, Prudent Haughton, who developed prolapse, pelvic pain and incontinence following a severe tear during the b...
Pelvic Floor Surgery: Urogynaecology (Part Two)
Picking up where we left off last time: surgical options for pelvic floor dysfunction. What treatments or procedures are available, what do they invol...
Pelvic Floor Surgery: Urogynaecology (Part One)
If you have pelvic floor dysfunction, there's a good chance you've at least wondered about your surgical options. What treatments or procedures are av...
Sarah Jayne Dunn
In this episode, Helen and the actress Sarah Jayne Dunn talk about postpartum recovery and how hard that can be, especially if things haven't gone exa...
The Lowdown on Pelvic Pain
You might have heard the term 'pelvic pain' but what does it really mean? And how does it relate to pelvic floor problems after childbirth?
Katie's Story
Helen speaks to listener, Katie Nicolson, who struggled with stress incontinence after having a severe tear during childbirth two years ago. Katie tal...
The Gender Health Gap, with Sarah Graham
The gender health gap. It's a phrase we're hearing more and more and is relevant around the world. So what's it all about and what does it mean for th...
BONUS EPISODE: The Therapeutic Poet
Crazy times at WMDJ HQ so no full episode this week, sorry! Instead, here's something to make you smile from a listener, psychotherapist and poet, Jac...
Ending the Pelvic Floor Taboo, with Dr Catherine Blackledge
Pelvic floor problems are surrounded by stigma and shame, but have you ever wondered why? Why do we find anything remotely related to our genitalia so...
Niki's Story
Diastasis recti is where the muscles that run down the middle of your stomach separate during pregnancy. It's really common and usually goes back to n...
Helen Gets a Pessary
It's a big day in Helen's pessary saga! After a year-long wait to be fitted for a vaginal pessary, she's offered a private appointment with a speciali...
Elaine Miller (Gusset Grippers)
Helen is joined by Elaine Miller (aka Gusset Grippers) - a fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and award winning comedian who's on a miss...
Sophie Power
Returning to running postpartum is one thing. Then add pelvic floor problems to the mix. Now imagine you're an ultra-runner who likes to do 100-plus m...
Pelvic Floor Surgery: Colorectal
Surgical treatments for pelvic floor problems are many and varied, but with the vaginal mesh scandal fresh in our minds, it's easy to feel lost and un...
Sara's Story
Helen is joined by Sara Duckett, a listener and a mum-of-two. Sara has struggled with urinary and bowel incontinence, as well as prolapse, since the b...
The M Word: Menopause and Your Pelvic Floor
Menopause is having a moment, with celebrities, books and TV programmes taking on the taboo that has surrounded it for so long. But what does menopaus...
Carina White
Helen is joined by Carina White - broadcaster, cultural commentator and co-host of the podcast Black Mums Upfront. Carina shares her experience of inc...
Bonus Episode: 60 Second Pelvic Floor Squeeze-Along
If you're anything like me and you know you're supposed to be doing your pelvic floor exercises but...(insert excuse here)...fear not! Here's a sixty...
Vaginal Pessaries: A Deep Dive
Ring, Gellhorn, Donut, Cube, Shaatz, Gehrung. They might sound like Trolls' characters, but they are, in fact, types of vaginal pessaries. A pessary i...
Pop Club 2
Pop Club is back! Helen catches up with 'Skye' and 'Jess' -- friends with pelvic organ prolapse who keep each other smiling. There's a new baby, talk...
Pelvic Floor Gadgets (Vadgets)
Wands. Cones. Probes. Biofeedback. Stimulators. Shorts. Apps. Weights. Chairs. Video Games?! Pelvic floor tech can be confusing but fear not! In this...
Jan's Story
Helen chats to Dr Jan Russell, a listener with a prolapse, a coach, a grandmother, an author and, in her own words, 'a feisty old crone'. Jan talks ab...
Having Another Baby After Prolapse
Having another baby when you have pelvic organ prolapse is a big one. There are just so many unknowns. Will pregnancy make your prolapse worse? Would...
Peace's Story
Helen is joined by Peace Bailey, a mother of two who lives in Spain and blogs about moving there from the UK. She shares posts on Instagram about moth...
Between The Sheets: Sex & Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Sex with pelvic floor problems. We're going there! Intimacy after childbirth can be difficult at the best of times. How do you even begin to navigate...
Chantelle's Story
(TW: birth injury, forceps, trauma, surgery)
Bowel incontinence after childbirth. It's a taboo within a taboo. But it's not uncommon. The...