North central London perinatal pelvic health service

If you are pregnant or within one year of giving birth, complete our pelvic health screening tool. This will help you identify your individualised pelvic health risk and whether you are experiencing any current symptoms. It will then direct you to resources and services available to support your pelvic health.

To help you remember to do your pelvic floor exercises, download the squeezy app. ​​​​Check out Squeeze lift hold website for hints and tips to improve your pelvic floor.

Pelvic floor exercises

This series of short videos provides information and useful advice about the changes of the body before, during and after birth. From pelvic floor health and bladder care, to posture and returning to exercise. They are available in different languages.

Pregnancy

Back and pelvic pain during pregnancy

Exercise during pregnacy

Reducing risk of perineal tears

Perineal massage

Postnatal advice

Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy: Exercise and advice (pdf format)
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Care of a third- or fourth-degree tear that occurred during childbirth (also known as obstetric anal sphincter injury – OASI) (pdf format)

After week one: pain management and wound care

Week one bladder care

Stomach muscles

Return to exercise

Our team offers two virtual pelvic health workshop. No referral needed. Sign up below:

• Looking after your pelvic health during pregnancy (INSERT HYPERLINK)
• Looking after your pelvic health after pregnancy (INSERT HYPERLINK)

If you are suffering from any of the following pelvic health problems, we advise you to see us:

• Accidental loss of pee when you exercise, cough, sneeze or laugh?
• Loss of poo/ wind or any difficulties with emptying your bowels?
• Feel an urgency to pass pee or poo?
• Pain/ discomfort with sexual activity or sexual intercourse?
• Feeling of heaviness/ bulging in the vagina?

Complete the self-referral form

Alternatively, you can ask your midwife/doctor/healthcare professional to refer you into the service.

If you are pregnant and up until six weeks after birth you will be seen by the pelvic health physiotherapy team at the hospital you are receiving your maternity care:

• Barnet Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, and North Middlesex University Hospital  
• Whittington Hospital
• University College London Hospital

If you are more than six weeks pregnant and up to one-year postnatal, our perinatal pelvic health team will see you in one of the following community sites:

Edmonton Musculoskeletal Hub
Forest Primary Care Centre 
First floor
308a Hertford road
Edmonton
London N9 7HD

Open: Monday to Thursday, 8am to 4pm.

Agar Children’s Centre
Wrotham Road
London
NW1 9SU

Open: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 9am to 5pm

North Islington Nursery and Children's Centre
110-112 Tollington Park
Finsbury Park
London
N4 3RB

Open Friday, 9am to 5pm