Welcome backkkk ladies and gents- I am so excited to host somebody who I have worked with for a long time and who has become one of my close friends over these past few years, Dr. Kat Vigo.

Dr. Kat is the founder of Painless Pregnancy, which provides physical therapy to women throughout every stage of their motherhood journeys. Dr. Kat earned a bachelors and doctorate of physical therapy degrees from the University of Florida and has worked in the hospital setting for the first decade of her career. Get ready because we are going to talk about it ALL! 

In this episode…

• Having a painless pregnancy 
• Changing the pregnancy narrative 
• Pitocin and inducing labor
• Postpartum mental health 
• Pregnancy awareness 
• Healing our female bodies 
• Giving moms hope 

Quotes

“For a pregnant body, we should have the same expectations that a man does. You can be fit and healthy and do what you wanna do while being pregnant.” - Dr. Kat Vigo

“A female body is made to grow a baby.” - Dr. Kat Vigo

“If you’re experiencing postpartum anxiety or depression you are in this dark cloud that you don’t even know you’re in.” - Nikki Spo 

“When it comes to a first time post pregnancy experience, you don’t know what you don’t know until you figure it out or until somebody tells you, and that's no one's fault.” - Nikki Spo 

“I think that when women and men and parents in general are more informed they can make better decisions about their future and their birth plans.” - Nikki Spo

Timestamps:

0:00 - 3:15 | Intro 

3:15 - 7:40 | Can pregnancy really be painless? 

7:40 - 10:40 | Alleviating discomforts 

10:40 - 17:25 | Pitocin

17:25 - 22:20 | Kat’s birthing experience 

22:20 - 25:35 | Postpartum 

23:35 - 31:45 | How to heal our female bodies 

31:45 - 35:25 | Disassociating from your vagina postpartum 

35:25 - 43:45 | A correct way to push for vaginal deliveries 

43:45 - 45:20 | Involving the baby daddies 

45:20 - 51:55 | When to start physical therapy after delivering a baby 

51:55 - 53:22 | Outro 

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Connect with Dr. Kat Vigo 

https://painlesspregnancy.com/ 

@painlesspregnancy  

Connect with Nikki 

www.nikkispo.com  

@nikkisappspo / @theknowwithnikkispo 

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