WHU 96: Birth: the season-ending injury, where everyone is expected to “walk it off”. With Janette Yee, perinatal therapist.

If you’ve ever given birth (even if you feel like you walked away unscathed) this episode is for you. Janette Yee is a Perinatal Therapist with a background in Athletic Therapy and Massage Therapy.  She works with athletic birth parents who share her belief: “confidence and strength in your body during pregnancy and after childbirth is a RIGHT, not a privilege.” Janette easily compares pregnancy to athletic training (even if you don’t identify as an athlete, your body is training hard for a major event) and birth to the season-ending injury that sidelines players. Except that the player is a new parent, and the day after the injury they get back up and parent a newborn. She explains what diestasis is and what it isn’t (there are a lot of myths online) and how to build yourself back up, no matter how long ago your birth was. We have a fun and meaningful conversation about parenthood and building both physical and mental resilience in parents so they can lead lives full of physical activity and purpose.