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How Fear Can Impact Your Birth
Jennifer Crawford 7/31/25 Jennifer Crawford 7/31/25

How Fear Can Impact Your Birth

Did you know that fear can cause pain and have a negative impact on your birth?

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Who is it for?

PFPT is for anyone who has a pelvic floor. Pelvic floor dysfunction may not be as obvious as bladder or bowel leakage. Sometimes it presents as discomfort when inserting a tampon during your menstrual cycle, straining to have a bowel movement, or even unexplained lower back pain.

What pelvic floor therapy is not.

Pelvic floor therapy is not just doing kegels. PFPT helps target specific muscles and learn to help the entirety of your pelvic floor work together in an effective way. Sometimes this involves teaching you to relax certain muscles or contract certain muscles to allow your body to work together to empty your bladder or bowels, hold in urine or a bowel movement, as well as reduce pelvic pain.

What is it for?

Pelvic floor physical therapy or PFPT can help support your bladder, bowels, and uterus. Pelvic floor dysfunction is not exclusive to bladder leakage. It also encompasses muscles that are too tight, uncoordinated, or weak, painful intercourse, other pelvic pain, going to the bathroom urgently and often, or even bowel leakage.

Why should you consider it?

Many people are under the impression that women only need pelvic floor therapy after something traumatic has happened to their pelvic floor such as bladder or uterine prolapse or a fourth degree tear. This is not the case, many women can benefit from pelvic floor therapy during pregnancy in addition to postpartum. PFPT can help coordinate your muscles for more effective pushing during labor, which in turn may lower your risk of tearing. It can also help prevent those little bladder leaks when your baby is feeling particularly jumpy or you sneeze a little too hard.

Where can I go to get Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy?

Pelvic floor therapy is performed by a physical therapist who is an expert on pelvic health. There are many locations all over DFW with trained physical therapists, some take insurance while some do not. Some offer in-home treatment while others have offices for you to come to. Depending on what your needs are you can usually find a solution that suits you. Some of the pelvic floor therapists we have experience working with are listed below.

Genesis PT
The FIT Pelvis
TRU Physical Therapy & Wellness
ATI Physical Therapy

There are many other options out there so it is always worthwhile to check for a place closer to your home as well as shop around. If you are using insurance you can even call your insurance and ask who is in-network for PFPT, this can save you a lot of time on finding a place. 

If you are a client of ours we are also able to send a referral if you need it, just let us know or have them fax a referral form to our office. 

While going to see a trained physical therapist for a full evaluation is our recommendation we also recognize it can be hard to take time out of your busy schedule or arrange for childcare to make it happen. If that is the case, while we still recommend PFPT from a PT, some exercises you can do at home can be found here. 

If you have concerns about your pelvic floor health or you are experiencing any of the symptoms listed above please do not hesitate to talk to your midwives about your concerns. We’re here to help!

A community midwife has created a more inclusive list of places that provide pelvic floor physical therapy that other community midwives have experience sending their clients to. This list can be found here.

DFW Community Birth & Wellness

4612 Gaston Ave, Dallas
Phone: (214) 699-8659 Fax: (817) 612-3453

hello@dfwcommunitybirths.com