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Helping mamas prepare their pelvic floor for a confident birth and swift postpartum recovery Hi! Masterclass link: https://www.beyond-birthing.ca/masterclass

My name is Sophie Villeneuve and I’m a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist specializing in maternity care. My mission is to help newly pregnant mammas feel empowered for their birth and postpartum recovery, so they can return to their active lifestyle without pelvic health problems! That means - not p*eing yourself every time you sneeze or run after your kids, enjoy a pain free s*x life, not have to dea

l with annoying prolapse symptoms, and be able to move and do all the things you love without thinking about your bladder or pelvic floor. Because yes, it is possible for you, as it has been possible for hundreds of my clients who took my education program! If you’re newly pregnant, you’re thriving when you’re active and you’re looking into putting all the chances on your side for a positive birth experience and a full recovery, click the sign up button on this page to take my FREE masterclass « How to prepare your pelvic floor for an empowering birth and full postpartum recovery » to learn more about how I can help you nailing your goals.

04/22/2026

****THE MOST OVERLOOKED PELVIC FLOOR SKILL to practice before giving birth***

When a new pregnant mom comes to my clinic and I ask them what their goal is, they often say: "I'd like my pelvic floor to be strong for birth"

The thing is: your pelvic floor doesn't need to be strong to give birth...!

Your pelvic floor strength actually has nothing to do with pushing your baby - it is your uterine muscles that will do all the hard work of pushing your baby (in parallely with your breathing technique).

Ok then... what is the most important skill my pelvic floor needs to learn before pushing? you ask me.

It needs to OPEN, RELEASE and LET GO! Basically just get out of the way...!

And learning to release your pelvic floor is something I highly recommend practicing during pregnancy, because you don't want to start learning about this during labour when there's so much going on! We want to practice this skill in the easiest conditions first, before we move on to "pro level pelvic floor release" (i.e. labour and pushing!)

How to practice releasing your pelvic floor in pregnancy, concretely?

Connect: in a sitting position, pretend to pick up a raspberry with your va**na and lift it up, and then release it and bring it back down. Can you connect with that "release" part of the exercise? If not, you can try the same while sitting on a rolled up towel for increased feedback, that often does the trick as people can feel the difference in pressure when lifting the pelvic floor versus letting it go.

Try the same exercise in different positions - deep squat, all fours, standing, standing with one leg up, etc... These are all great pushing positions and it's important to be able to connect with the pelvic floor release in the positions you may be using during your birth. Likely, you won't be sitting up straight while pushing your baby!

Try during the perineal stretch: the perineal stretch is something I recommend to start around 34 weeks of pregnancy, and it can be super empowering and helpful for people to practice releasing their pelvic floor during the stretch, so they learn how to release their muscles even when they are under pressure (which re-creates similar conditions as birthing a baby). I have the step-by-step instructions on my channel - if you can't find it just hit reply and I'll send it over.

If you're a visual learner and these written instructions didn't make sense for you, you can watch the video below that I just recorded last week. It runs you through the whole sequence so you can follow along :)

04/13/2026

Today was a perfect day 😍

Thank you to Lacey McLoughlin for the incredible work - I couldn’t have done it without you. You were so organized, skilled and professional, and it made this whole day go from being stressful to being so so fun!!

Thanks to my amazing models who were so patient and brilliantly posing and just going with the flow. I was so impressed with you all!!

Thanks to ali for the stunning makeup and Tellyse Parent for the beautiful hair - I felt like a star with you ladies!!

And thanks to my partner for supporting the whole thing, bringing the kids in at the end of the day for some family pics and taking on parental duty that whole day to allow me to do this ❤️

Can’t wait to see the final shots - with 1200 photos to sort through, there’s still work ahead!

04/10/2026

My honest answer to the common question: Is it a big deal to p*e when you sneeze on a full bladder during pregnancy?

04/03/2026

Excited to present our new branding!!!! 😍😍😍

I’ve been secretly working on this project with for the last few weeks and so amazed with the concept they developed for Beyond Birthing.

They really nailed the essence of the work we do and magically created a branding that truly feels aligned with our mission to help mamas prepare, birth, heal and thrive ❤️

From the colour palette to the different designs, the fonts, the logo, everything has been thought through so carefully.

Thanks so much for your outstanding care and genius creative. It was a true pleasure to work with you.

Next steps: photoshoot and website design 🔥

03/31/2026

If your nights are a nightmare in pregnancy because of hip pain, this one is for you!

Link to my tips in the comments below ⬇️

03/09/2026

If you're pregnant and dealing with prolapse symptoms from a previous birth, I've put together my top tips to relieve prolapse symptoms in pregnancy ❤️ Link below!

03/03/2026

Pregnant and dealing with va**nal swelling or a heavy, uncomfortable feeling in your pelvic area?

Some swelling during pregnancy can be normal — but persistent va**nal or pelvic swelling that makes standing, walking, or getting through the day uncomfortable is something we can address. In my new YouTube release, I’m sharing practical, evidence-based strategies to help reduce va**nal swelling during pregnancy by improving circulation, supporting lymphatic flow, and easing pressure in the pelvis — without restriction or fear.

You’ll learn:
✅ Why va**nal swelling often reflects whole-body fluid changes — not just the va**nal area
✅ How compression (done correctly) can reduce pelvic and lower-body swelling
✅ Why abdominal fascia tension can trap fluid in the pelvis
✅ How gentle inversion and breathing help move fluid out of the pelvic region
✅ When perineal support pads can help — and when they’re not enough
✅ How prenatal lymphatic massage can relieve persistent pelvic swelling

Get the link to my full video down below 👇

02/15/2026

Urgent need to p*e in pregnancy is something you can work on with simple strategies such as this one ❤️

Full video with my 6 tips below 👇

02/01/2026

Pregnant with prolapse? Try this simple tip, especially when lifting your kiddos!

Comment “relief” to get the full video with 4 more tips ❤️

01/07/2026

I wasn’t ready for this little nugget to turn one already 🥹🥹

Happy birthday to my little ray of light ☀️

You are already so grown up wanting to hold your spoon to eat your oats, pointing at the piggy in the book when I say “where’s the piggy?”, walking around with your walker and climbing up the stairs.

It feels like yesterday that you were still cuddling with me for naps, drinking milk from my chest, and needed to be carried around the house everywhere.

I hate to say what everybody says but yes time goes by too fast when it comes to children 🥹

I try to not think of the moment they will leave home and that we will suddenly miss the busy mornings, hearing mommy all the time, the snuggles before bed, bedtime stories and laughters at the table.

There’s still a few years left 😂 Let’s not pre-suffer.

Happy birthday my beautiful Alven, and may this year be as great (or greater!) than the last one ❤️

11/14/2025

I didn’t think I’d be grieving the end of breastfeeding this hard… but here we are.

I’m 10.5 months postpartum, and I really thought we’d make it to a year. That was the plan in my head. My plan. And then one day he just… stopped. And that was it 🥹

It is still odd how I went from hating it to loving it. The first 4 months, there’s not one day where I didn’t think of letting it go and switching to formula. I was so fed up with the fact that I was the only one who could provide for my baby. I missed my freedom. I missed getting out of the house for hours without worrying about my baby needing me. My ni***es were sore. I hated being the one on night duties.

But then we found our pace, and I started being ok with it. Then I started liking it. And ultimately I loved every moment. It was an imposed pause in my day where we could just be the two of us. He would look at me as if I was his whole world. Sometimes I would make him laugh and he would have that big smile while my ni**le in his mouth which I found so hilarious.

Night feeds became our precious special moments just for us.

But now it is all over.

I think what’s hitting me the most is that I wasn’t the one who decided.

I always pictured I’d choose when we were done — but he chose for us. And it’s such a weird mix of “okay, you’re growing up” and “wait, I’m not ready.”

And because he’s our last baby, this is really it.
No more nursing sessions. No more sleepy feeds. No little hand pushing on my chest. No quiet moments where the world feels paused.

With my first, breastfeeding ended at 4 months for multiple reasons and it felt like such a relief.

This time I made it so much farther and had a complete different experience… and I’m grateful I got to heal my relationship to breastfeeding and got to enjoy it ❤️ But it also makes the ending feel heavier.

It honestly feels like the end of a chapter I didn’t want to close yet.

And now I suddenly have more time, more freedom — and I don’t even know what to do with it. It’s such a strange shift.

Someone once told me “take lots of videos and pictures, so you can remember”. I’m so glad I did 🤍

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