At Your Cervix

It’s taken us a whole year to get this super talented but super busy lady onto our podcast but it’s finally happened, just in time for Christmas! Elaine Miller has impressively combined art and science, to create comedy sketches and shows that break down barriers and educate men and women about their pelvic health. You may have seen her on @lorraine, @packedlunchc4 or even heard her on @bbcwomansh...

This week Emma and Grainne speak to Pip. Pip is a practicing NHS Midwifery Sister in the UK, an enthusiast of all things women’s health and also mum to her 9-week-old baby boy. Pip has worked across various maternity settings from community, homebirth, birthing centres and is now based on a labour ward (although she is currently on maternity leave).  Now she has had a baby we were fascinated...

On today's episode, Grainne and Emma talk to leading expert and researcher Dr Margie Davenport about getting physically active and exercising during pregnancy.  Advice and guidance have dramatically varied over the years around this topic. In the mid 1900s pregnancy was regarded as a state of confinement. It was believed that exercise should be discouraged for fear of harming mother or growing bab...

**Please be aware that during this episode baby loss is discussed which for some listeners may be particularly upsetting or triggering.** In this episode, Emma and Gráinne chat with Sarah Newman, a cervical cancer survivor and now turned cancer exercise specialist about her story. It touches on not only the trials and tribulations of facing a cancer diagnosis but also her unfortunate experience of...

This week Grainne and Emma are joined with Inemesit Graham a fitness professional, pregnancy, and postpartum athleticism coach.  In season 1 we spoke with Illiyin Morrison, a midwife and birth trauma specialist who regularly highlights and educates about racial inequalities in healthcare. Today we wish to build upon that conversation by delving deeper and gaining wider perspectives from Ineme...

Here on AYC we are keen to explore and understand different cultures, belief systems, and how they impact a woman's health, her lifestyle, and her pelvic health. This week on AYC we invited fellow Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Rochelle Cowan to share her insights and experiences within the Orthodox Jewish Community. Rochelle generously discusses her wonderful, personal stories about her religion,...

Welcome back to Season 2 episode 1 of At Your Cervix- The Podcast. In this episode, Grainne and Emma are joined with Dr Sinéad Dufour, Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Academic, and expert in Pregnancy-Related Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP). PGP (sometimes referred to as SPD) is a condition that affects at least 1 in 5 pregnant women.  It can for many prove very painful and debilitating. It remains a...

In this special BONUS session At Your Cervix co-host Gráinne sits down with colleagues Emir Lervy and Christen O'Neill to discuss collaborative working and personal experiences with pelvic health. They delve into the role of chiropractors specialising in pelvic health and explain what hypopressives are. If you were unaware of the varying professions working in pelvic health then tune in and learn...

In the final episode of series 1,  Gráinne and Emma are joined by world-renowned pelvic health physiotherapist, Michelle Lyons. Michelle has over 26 years of clinical experience and her passion is teaching clinicians and healthcare professionals how to help women live well. Her courses are always sold out and she is in huge demand around the world as an expert speaker.  In this episode, Michelle s...

In episode 12 Grainne and Emma speak to pelvic health physiotherapist Katie Richardson. Katie, originally from Ireland,  lives in New Zealand and is a mother of 2, with a third baby on the way. She has also been a surrogate for her sister, which is the focus of today's chat. Katie's surrogacy journey is extraordinary, made so more complicated due to the Covid pandemic. We delve into the issue...

In this weeks episode Co-hosts Emma and Gráinne are joined by Associate Professor (Reader) in Human Movement and Sports Medicine, Dr Izzy Moore, from Cardiff Metropolitan University. We discuss the female research gap, how we all met and how we have collaborated to answer the call for female specific research. We discuss the study led by Izzy, that Gráinne and Emma were involved alongside a team i...

This week Emma and Grainne speak to Dr Karen Gurney, clinical psychologist and psychosexologist. Karen is director of the Havelock clinic, featured in publications like @marieclaireuk @cosmopolitanuk & @refinery29uk and appeared on TV, radio and many other podcasts. She is also author to one of our favourite books of 2020 ‘Mind The Gap. The truth about desire and how to future proof your sex l...

This week Emma and Grainne are joined by Midwife, Mentor, and Mother, Illiyin Morrison. Illy's profile has risen dramatically over the past year with her empowering, honest, and thought-provoking Instagram account @mixingmotherhood. She has spoken on many high-profile podcasts including Giovanna Fletcher's 'Happy Mum Happy Baby'. Illy is extremely passionate about birth education and facilitating...

In this episode, Emma and Grainne speak to Heather Sellars, former Team GB professional triathlete and mum of identical twins George and Harry. Heather speaks frankly about having a twin pregnancy and how she adapted her exercise whilst pregnant. She goes on to discuss her postnatal recovery, diastasis recti, her postnatal rehabilitation journey, and future as a mum and aspiring runner.  This epis...

In session 7, Emma and Gráinne sit down to chat with Dr Anita Biswas who is a leading Sports Medicine Physician at the English Institute of Sport (EIS) at Bisham Abbey, including a strategic role with responsibility for optimising athlete health. She has worked with national and international sports teams at the Olympic Medical Institute, The British Olympic Association Intensive Rehabilitation Un...

Jessica Pin is an internationally renowned advocate for equitable coverage of clitoral anatomy in medical literature and curricula. She is a published researcher on the topic of clitoral anatomy and her health advocacy journey began due to personal experience of female genital surgery. This session follows on from the amazing  TherapyLive session with Jessica, Emma and Grainne. Find that here...

In session 5 Emma and Gráinne discuss boobs, bras and breast health with Dr Nicola Brown. They lift the lid on common mistakes women make when it comes to bra fitting and the various types of support available. They discuss the implications of poor breast support and how better breast health education during the teenage years can improve girls' body confidence, health and participation in physical...

Nat discusses how running enormously helped her cope with her experience of baby loss in 2018 and the blog and support group she set up for Vets experiencing baby loss or infertility. She opens up about pregnancy following baby loss and her unexpected difficulty of keeping active due to significant pelvic pain.

Emma Brockwell is behind the Microphone this month interviewing Sophie Power who does some incredible things in the world of endurance running. Thats before you consider she did some of these things while either pregnant or just a few months post-partum. Covering topics like running while breast feeding, how to adapt your exercise while pregnant and more controversial topics such as event organise...

During episode 3 of @atyourcervix_thepodcast, @physiomumuk and @absolute.physio spoke to @stephrothstein about her postnatal journey, recovery from pelvic floor dysfunction, diastasis recti and return to run postnatal, smashing her pre baby PBs and feeling stronger than ever!    Last night @absolute.physio talked to @physiomumuk about Diastasis recti so if you have a diastasis or work wi...

We discuss Stephs journey with Diastasis Recti, how she overcame the aesthetic stigma associated with it and became "internet famous" overnight by not covering her postpartum belly up when back running at events. We discuss the lack of awareness of pelvic health issues within her running world and the importance of women supporting women. Steph discusses the retreats she now runs several times a y...

Gráinne Donnelly is At Your Cervix for Session 2 of the podcast where she interviews Joe O’Connor and Lizzie Lee. Joe is an Exercise Physiology and Performance Nutrition lecturer at IT Tralee and the strength and conditioning coach for Olympic athlete, Lizzie Lee. Lizzie is a mother of 3 who represented Ireland in the 2016 Rio Olympics marathon race. Follow the Podcast on Social media search At Yo...

Emma speaks to author and blogger Luce Brett about her new book PMSL: or how I literally pissed myself laughing and survived the last taboo to tell the tale.  They talk about the impact of pelvic floor dysfunction, the taboos and stigmas that still surround urinary and faecal incontinence, the treatment that exists and the importance of lifting the lid on all things pelvic health. Don't forge...