Your birth & postnatal experience |
Welcome and Thank you!
Thank you for clicking on my link and for becoming one of a tribe of mothers who are willing to share their journey in order to support the many women who will become mothers after us.
My name is Jen Dugard, I am a mum of two, Personal Trainer and founded the business Body Beyond Baby over 8 years ago now.
I believe there is a conversation that needs to be started. It’s a conversation that will ignite the change we need to ensure all women who have ever had a baby are looked after. It’s not a conversation between you and I; it’s much bigger than that. It will take all of us and it will cross industries.
It will break down barriers and bring forth the unspoken pain, the confusion and the heartache that a woman feel when her body ‘just doesn’t work’ anymore. It will prevent the unnecessary embarrassment and injury from NORMAL postnatal ‘stuff’ that can be fixed and looked after, if only we spoke more freely about it.
This conversation involves midwives and obstetricians, GP’s and physios, personal trainers, fitness instructors, Pilates and yoga teachers. If you work with a postnatal woman in a physical way, it involves you. It’s time to make a change. It’s time to open the door.
But first, mum, I want to talk more closely with you. I need you to help me make sure the RIGHT things are being talked about in the RIGHT way. I need to know what happened to YOU. How your body was before you had a baby and what it is like now? How does it feel different? How does it look different? What does it do differently? What questions have you been asked along the way and what information have you been given? What trauma have you been through and what questions have been left unanswered? What are you now living with in silence and what are you wrestling with everyday? How do you think we can join together to serve you better, to look after you better and to help you feel every bit the woman you are as well as being a mother?
I’ve worked with many mums who have been devastated by what can be a wonderful and empowering experience. If you’re like the majority of mums, your body, emotions and lives will never be the same. You’ll battle with the gratitude and love you feel for your child vs the pain and letdown you feel for the experience you had to endure and what it has done to your body. Let’s not let the experience get wasted in guilt and self-criticism. Let’s join together to share our journies and, in turn, begin a bigger conversation amongst those who can really instigate change. The information you offer will help me create a snap shot of the experiences of everyday women and to help in our journey to bridge the gaps and to create change where it is needed. Your answers will be collated and used to help highlight the need for that conversation.
In my survey I have asked for your contact details. This is so I can thank you later and send you a gift to help us ignite this conversation. It is by no means compulsory to offer your contact details but if you choose to stay in the loop with this project it is very much appreciated and I will treat it with the care I do my closet friends.
It will break down barriers and bring forth the unspoken pain, the confusion and the heartache that a woman feel when her body ‘just doesn’t work’ anymore. It will prevent the unnecessary embarrassment and injury from NORMAL postnatal ‘stuff’ that can be fixed and looked after, if only we spoke more freely about it.
This conversation involves midwives and obstetricians, GP’s and physios, personal trainers, fitness instructors, Pilates and yoga teachers. If you work with a postnatal woman in a physical way, it involves you. It’s time to make a change. It’s time to open the door.
But first, mum, I want to talk more closely with you. I need you to help me make sure the RIGHT things are being talked about in the RIGHT way. I need to know what happened to YOU. How your body was before you had a baby and what it is like now? How does it feel different? How does it look different? What does it do differently? What questions have you been asked along the way and what information have you been given? What trauma have you been through and what questions have been left unanswered? What are you now living with in silence and what are you wrestling with everyday? How do you think we can join together to serve you better, to look after you better and to help you feel every bit the woman you are as well as being a mother?
I’ve worked with many mums who have been devastated by what can be a wonderful and empowering experience. If you’re like the majority of mums, your body, emotions and lives will never be the same. You’ll battle with the gratitude and love you feel for your child vs the pain and letdown you feel for the experience you had to endure and what it has done to your body. Let’s not let the experience get wasted in guilt and self-criticism. Let’s join together to share our journies and, in turn, begin a bigger conversation amongst those who can really instigate change. The information you offer will help me create a snap shot of the experiences of everyday women and to help in our journey to bridge the gaps and to create change where it is needed. Your answers will be collated and used to help highlight the need for that conversation.
In my survey I have asked for your contact details. This is so I can thank you later and send you a gift to help us ignite this conversation. It is by no means compulsory to offer your contact details but if you choose to stay in the loop with this project it is very much appreciated and I will treat it with the care I do my closet friends.
This questionnaire will take approximately 10-15mins or a little longer if you have a deeper story to share. I'd like to express my gratitude for your valuable contribution a mission that I believe involves all of us.
When women come together and support each other we can do amazing things. Thank you again for the time you are about to give.
Jen x