Ready to Birth – Birth Prep & Pelvic Floor Relaxation Guide

The 4-week birth prep and pelvic floor relaxation program, written by a pelvic health physio.

Learn how to relax your pelvic floor for birth, do perineal massage step by step, understand your risk of tearing, find birth positions that work with your body, and prepare for a caesarean. Includes a hospital bag checklist and a one-page Birth Day Cheat Sheet.

Instant PDF download (39 pages). Best started in your third trimester.

The 4-week birth prep and pelvic floor relaxation program, written by a pelvic health physio

You’ve been told to squeeze your pelvic floor. No one told you birth needs it to let go. You’re preparing the nursery, packing the hospital bag and reading everything you can find. But the part of your body that does the most work during birth is often the part no one shows you how to prepare. Ready to Birth changes that. It’s the education I go through in a birth prep appointment at my clinic, now in one step-by-step guide you can start at home in your third trimester.

Inside, you’ll learn:

• How to relax your pelvic floor for birth – a daily 4-week program, with tick boxes for each day, that teaches your pelvic floor to lengthen and let go when it matters most.
• Perineal massage, step by step – when to start, how often, how to do it (or have your partner do it), and what’s normal to feel. Research links it with a 64% lower risk of 3rd and 4th degree tears.*
• What really raises your risk of tearing – the risk factors your care team knows about but may not have time to explain, what you can influence, and the questions to ask at your next appointment.
• Birth positions that work with your body – why “knees out” helps in early labour and “knees in, toes out” helps when pushing, with photos of every position.
• Five hip-opening stretches for late pregnancy and labour.
• Obstetric TENS explained – how it works and why so many women use it, so you can decide if it’s right for you.
• Preparing for a caesarean – planned or not, what to practise and plan before the day.
• Your hospital bag checklist for you, your partner and baby.
• A one-page Birth Day Cheat Sheet to print and pack, so your support person knows how to help.

Why women are choosing Ready to Birth:

• Written by Sarah Percy – Doctor of Physiotherapy, pelvic health physio for 9 years, and mum of two
• Evidence-based, with every key claim referenced
• Clear photos, diagrams and daily plans, so you’re never guessing
• Instant download – start today, go at your own pace, and come back to it right up until birth

A birth prep appointment with a pelvic health physio typically costs $210 or more. Ready to Birth gives you the education I cover in that appointment, to read and revisit whenever you need it, for $49. Most women never learn this until after birth. You can learn it now. Instant PDF download (39 pages). Best started in your third trimester. General education only, not a substitute for individual assessment. Please speak with your care provider before starting any new exercise in pregnancy. Ready to Birth covers birth preparation only; postnatal recovery is covered in a separate Pelvic HQ guide (coming soon). Join the waitlist www.pelvichq,com.