At Your Cervix

This week we are joined by Football legend Katie Chapman. Katie Chapman is a former English footballer who last played for Chelsea Ladies and England’s women’s national team.   At the age of 10, Katie began her professional career at Millwall Lionesses. Developing her skillset within the academy, she made her senior debut for the team in the 1996/97 season. Having showcased her ability in the 1997 FA Women’s Premier League Cup, Katie was awarded the FA Young Player of the Year which allowed her to sign a contract with Fulham, making the move to Arsenal ladies in 2006, then to Chicago Red Stars and her final senior team, Chelsea Ladies in 2014.  Aside from her senior career, Katie was the Under 18 England captain before being selected to be part of the national squad in 2000. After making her international debut in the UEFA Women’s Championship, she began starting games and scored her first international goal in the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualification. She has 94 caps for England and retired from England in 2016 and from Chelsea in 2018. Katie is also a mother of 3 boys and is now woman’s ambassador for  Chelsea women’s football club.  Katie speaks to us about her incredible footballing career and being a mother athlete. To find out more about Katie visit: Instagram @katiechapmanofficial https://champions-speakers.co.uk/speaker-agent/katie-chapman

In today's episode we speak with Dr Rebeca Seagraves PT, DPT who is a Board-certified Women's Health Clinical Specialist and founder of Enhanced Recovery After Delivery - an obstetric clinical pathway that maximizes mental and physical function during pregnancy and immediately postpartum with hospital and in-home occupational and physical therapy. She has extensive experience treating perinatal and pelvic health conditions in acute care, home health, and outpatient settings including long-term hospitalizations for high-risk pregnancy and following perinatal loss. She has worked with inpatient obstetrics and gynecology teams to maximize early recovery after delivery and pelvic surgery, including hysterectomy, prolapse repair, endometriosis surgery, cesarean section, birth-related injuries, and following obstetrics critical care interventions. She is the founder of Enhanced Recovery After Delivery™ , an obstetrics clinical pathway that maximizes mental and physical function during pregnancy and immediately postpartum with hospital and in-home occupational and physical therapy. Her vision is that every person will have access to a qualified rehab therapist during pregnancy and within the first 6 weeks after birth, perinatal loss, pregnancy termination, and any pelvic surgery regardless of their location or ability to pay. https://enhancedrecoveryafterdelivery.com/program/ Rebeca is also the CEO of the Pelvic Health Network https://pelvichealthnetwork.org/?fbclid=PAAabRhhusYmb6FqDBRe9pXYV8jGhosBaaiohYjLcFzF2T_Hb8d9Dnk5Q7BdA In this episode we refer to the '4th Trimester Care Around the World Event' which can be watched on demand here https://youtu.be/A-_7u7IA9TY?si=EkvuIr6rRveXbXY8

Dr Giselle Aerni is a sports medicine physician and creator of the Madam Athlete Podcast. She has covered everything from the WNBA, to NCAA DI and DIII national championship-winning teams, to high-school sports and marathons. In her role as a sports medicine fellowship director, she also teaches and mentors future sports medicine physicians to prepare them for careers of their own. We discuss the importance of career and life satisfaction, not following the crowd if the status quo isn't for you and how and where to access coaching support. You can find out more about Giselle and her podcast and courses here: Webstite https://madamathlete.com/ Instagram @themadamathlete Happy listening Emma and Gráinne

We are back! To open season 5 we have a very special personal experience of navigating the trials and tribulations of postpartum pelvic organ prolapse with Caoímhe Cummins - who is the founder and person behind the popular Instagram account @thebighillhouse. Caoímhe, who is a primary school teacher turned digital creator, offers a social media window into life as a busy stay-at-home mum to FOUR beautiful kids. Her Instagram content uncovers all things involved with mum life, house DIY, fashion, beauty and current affairs. One such current affair just so happened to be the common, yet taboo, issue of pelvic organ prolapse. Tune in to see how Caoímhe discovered her pelvic floor issues and what she did about them. This is an authentic, real life, no frills insight into the real life issues that women are predisposed to. The good news is they can be managed...but you need to listen to learn how!