Today I speak with Dr. Sara Reardon, a doctor of physical therapy and board-certified pelvic floor physical therapist specializing in the treatment of bowel and bladder issues, painful intercourse, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and menopause. She is the founder of The Vagina Whisperer, an online platform with pelvic floor and core exercise programs for pregnancy, postpartum, painful sex and pelvic floor strengthening.  Sara is passionate about normalizing the conversation around pelvic floor health and increasing awareness of pelvic floor physical therapy as a treatment option to prevent and overcome pelvic health issues.Sara shares her experiences as a new mom and how being a physical therapist informed those early days. We talk about:-Pelvic Floor PT-Postpartum exercises-preparing for breastfeeding-listening to your instinct-slowing downtime postpartum return to exercise-doing exercise you love-seasons of motherhood-having patience with yourselfTime Stamps1:00 introduction2:19 experience going through  pregnancy and postpartum4:43 what she would do differently10:30 you don’t know what you don’t know12:10 giving ourselves grace14:05 Peleton love 15:30 going through different seasons21:15 overextending ourselves30:07 continuing to evolve postpartum33:10 being the Vagina Whisperer41:55 Rapid Fire questionsCONNECT WITH CARRIEIG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/Website: https://carriepagliano.comCONNECT WITH SARAIG: https://www.instagram.com/the.vagina.whisperer/Website:  www.thevagwhisperer.comFree Guide 6 exercises to strengthen your pelvic floor: https://thevagwhisperer.com/strengthening/The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey. This show has been a long time in the making! You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry. If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST! If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)