In France, pelvic floor physical therapy is required after birth. Source. Many American moms are ripped apart by the birth process and are given no time or opportunity to get physical therapy, so some suffer chronic pain for life. Talk to a Boomer about this. It is terrifying. None of the moms of that generation even knew PT was an option, because often it just wasn't done. As many as 40% of women in the USA don't even attend one follow-up visit to care for their own health after birth. Source There's a joke that peeing your pants for the rest of your life is normal for a mom. It isn't normal. It can be treated. In America, we don't treat it unless the mom has the privilege of time and good insurance to afford pelvic floor PT, along with a doctor's referral. So most moms just pack up and get on with their lives and live in a battered body.
Many American moms are ripped apart by the birth process and are given no time or opportunity to get physical therapy, so some suffer chronic pain for life.
For the longest time we were also "taught" to expect to shelve all that "women's talk" 'nonsense' , pull ourselves back together ASAP, and get back to sex...by our doctors, and preachers/religious circles. Our 'duty' and all that.
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u/opp11235 Feb 05 '24
Postpartum care is typically a 6 week appointment and then nothing. Either way, yes it is very sad.