Investigation of Muscle Changes in the Childbearing Year

Are you pregnant or planning to become pregnant? Would you like to find out if pelvic floor muscles change over the duration of your pregnancy?

Very little is known about the pelvic floor muscle elasticity (stretch) and how it copes with childbirth. Currently, between 10 – 30% of women will tear their internal deep pelvic floor muscle during vaginal delivery. We understand some of the risk factors associated with this birth trauma, however we know very little about the actual muscles themselves, how they behave during pregnancy and how th  ...