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Getting in on the Ground Floor

Looking down into the pelvic bowl The bottom of the photo is the pubic bone Everyone's talking about pelvic floor strength. Without it they say you are doomed to a life time of leaking, varts and falling out parts.  Vaginal weight lifting  is being promoted online as a way to improve your sex life and the health of your pelvic floor. And then there are the "VaGenie Martini" events selling a Kegel exercise tracking App by urging women to "exercise their inner strength". They have a  fun and creative ad  showing a beautiful woman supposedly cracking a walnut with her vagina. Before we go Kegeling our brains out in order to be able to shoot ping pong balls across the room we need to ask ourselves some questions. What does strength mean when it comes to the female pelvic floor? Does tightness necessarily equate to the kind of strength we need to  carry a baby for 9 months, then open for birth, and finally close again during the postpartum period?  Is there a r