The Six-Week Checkup Isn't the End of Recovery
The standard postpartum timeline — six weeks, cleared for exercise, cleared for sex, back to work, back to yourself — was built for charts, not real recovery. Most of the healing your pelvic floor needs to do happens after that appointment, not before it.
If you're in Brittany Woods and you've been told everything "looks normal" but something still feels off, it's worth a second look. Pelvic floor dysfunction isn't something an OB visit is designed to catch. It takes a physical therapist who works specifically with these muscles to find what's going on.
Things the Six-Week Visit Usually Misses
- Diastasis recti — the gap between your abdominal muscles doesn't always close on its own, and the wrong core exercises can widen it if you don't know the separation is there.
- Stress incontinence — leaking when you laugh, cough, or pick up your toddler isn't just "the new normal." It's a pelvic floor that needs retraining.
- Pelvic heaviness or prolapse — that sensation of something "falling down" or sitting too low is a real clinical finding, and it responds well to PT when caught early.
- C-section scar restrictions — the scar and the tissue around it can pull on everything from your bladder to your lower back for months after delivery.
- Painful intercourse — pain during sex after a delivery is common but not something you have to accept. It usually resolves with targeted treatment.
What an In-Home Visit in Brittany Woods Looks Like
Meg pulls up to your house, you let her in, and for the next 90 minutes to two hours you're on your own couch (or bed) while she does a thorough pelvic floor assessment and builds a plan with you. Your baby can be right there the whole time. If you need to stop and feed or change them, that's the appointment now. Nobody's watching a clock.
HSA and FSA both work. No referral needed. Call (662) 832-1790 with questions before you book.
About Dr. Meg Cochran
Meg is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with specialized training in pelvic floor rehab and postpartum recovery. She's a mom of four herself, so she's not going to give you a clinical lecture when you're in the thick of new parenthood.
Where You Are Physical Therapy is her practice, built to bring quality pelvic floor PT to Oxford women at home. No clinic required, no long drive, no complicated referral. Just call or book a free discovery call and she'll take it from there.