Know Your Bits with Karen McEwen, in-house midwife at My Expert Midwife.

Hello and welcome to this weeks podcast, which brings us to the end of this series! Today Karen joins us to talk us through the female genitalia and the changes this area may go through during and post pregnancy.  Karen trained as a midwife at The University of Leeds and during her career has worked at numerous hospitals in West Yorkshire. As well as working in the Delivery Suites, Karen was a founding member of the Leeds Homebirth Team, working to support women and helping to develop midwives’ skills in physiological birth. Her passion lies in homebirths and waterbirths and also supporting women to own their choices in pregnancy and childbirth. Talking points include: What do women know about their bits? What are the parts of the female genitalia called?  What is vaginal discharge? Pre, during and post pregnancy Does vaginal discharge change in pregnancy? What are the signs of abnormal vaginal discharge? UTI’s, cystitis, thrush, self-help remedies and medical treatments. What other changes can happen during pregnancy to the vagina and vulva area? Swelling of the area, haemorrhoids/piles, vulvar varicosities and why this is more common during pregnancy and postnatally. What can be done during labour to protect your bits? Positions during birth for active birth and bed/epidural birth, benefits of water/waterbirth, perineal compresses. Huge thank you to Karen for joining us and the whole My Expert Midwife team for supporting this series of Mum Talk. It has been a dream partnership for me. I hope you have all picked up some goodies for yourselves with the discount within the podcast.  If you have a moment please do rate and review wherever you listen to your podcasts, it keeps me going and helps others find our podcast and be supported by our community.  Emma x  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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