Floppy face, floppy fanny

The lowdown:

Floppy face, floppy fanny.

The Research:

Your face and jaw are connected to your vagina and pelvis in more ways than one, so relaxing your face, relaxes your vagina.

Keep the jaw soft and relaxed actually relaxes your pelvic floor. So sighing out, yawning, singing, blubbering the lips and making low sounds (like ahhhh, ooohhhh) can all help your jaw to unclench and release, and your pelvic floor to release too. Get your birth partner to keep reminding you to do this in your labour. As heard recently ‘floppy face, floppy fanny’!!

Your vagina can stretch 10 x its size!

The Pro’s:

• reduces muscle tension, more relaxed and better birthing experience

The Con’s:

• increases chances of tearing, interventions, instrumental birth and caesarean births

The How:

Relax, soft, open, calm and floppy face.

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Hard face = hard fanny

floppy face = floppy fanny