Birth Prep for the Pelvic Floor — a free guide by Kristin Hietbrink, PT
Kristin has spent over 20 years as a physical therapist, working in orthopedics and sports medicine before her own postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction pointed her toward the gap she now spends her career closing: the space between “you’re pregnant” and “you’re ready for birth.” This guide is what she wishes someone had handed her.
It’s not a general wellness pamphlet. It’s specific, practical, and built around the mechanics of your own body:
- 5+ exercises to open the pelvic inlet, mid-pelvis, and outlet — the three stations your baby actually travels through during labor, with positions to help things move if labor stalls or baby gets stuck in one spot
- Comfort measures and counterpressures your partner can actually do — the double hip squeeze, sacral pressure, the TFL jiggle — explained clearly enough that they can practice beforehand, not learn on the fly
- Breathing and your pelvic floor — how your inhale and exhale connect to what’s happening in your pelvis, with real cues to practice ahead of time so your body already knows what to do
- Perineum massage, step by step, starting at 34–35 weeks
- A birth packing list — the unglamorous, useful kind, down to the electrolyte brand she recommends
Kristin practices in Charlotte, North Carolina, and this guide is the same information she walks patients through in her in-person labor prep sessions — she just believes it shouldn’t be limited to the people who can get into her clinic. It’s meant to be read before labor, then flipped back to during it.
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