17/10/2025
Your midwife may recommend doing pelvic floor muscle exercises during and after pregnancy.
Research shows that doing daily pelvic floor exercises during pregnancy can help strengthen the muscles that support your growing baby. This can reduce the chance of leaking urine (wee) when coughing, sneezing, laughing or exercising by 29% in the first 3–6 months after birth.
What are pelvic floor muscles?
They sit like a hammock at the bottom of your pelvis, supporting your bladder, bowel and womb. These muscles help you control when you go to the toilet. Because they’re internal and discreet, it can be tricky to know how to exercise them properly.
The Squeezy App can help.
It’s packed with helpful information to support your pelvic floor exercises. It also offers advice on pregnancy and postnatal well-being, including:
• Pelvic girdle pain and how to manage discomfort
• Constipation and how to relieve it
• What to expect after childbirth and how to support your recovery after vaginal and caesarean birth.
How to get the app for free:
If you’re registered for maternity care at James Paget, Norfolk & Norwich, or Queen Elizabeth King's Lynn Hospitals Foundation Trusts, you should be invited to download the Squeezy App for free.
Here’s how:
1. You’ll receive an email and text after your dating scan with instructions to download the app.
2. Or, you can register yourself for free – see image 4 for your Trust’s weblink.
If you have any issues, contact your Perinatal Pelvic Health Service using the details provided.
Get squeezing today!
