Emily Clarkson opens up on her postpartum body – ‘I literally had no idea what to do’

ok.co.uk:

With one in three mums experiencing urinary incontinence three months after pregnancy and 60% of women reporting at least one symptom of poor pelvic health, it’s clear that something has to change.

That’s why Elvie is on a mission to remove the taboo from all things pelvic health and get women talking. In a bid to raise awareness of the issue, the women’s health brand headed to Hyde Park’s Speakers’ Corner to discuss pelvic health, with influencer and social media activist Emily Clarkson among those who took to the soapbox.

Speaking exclusively to OK!, the mum-of-one, who welcomed baby Arlo Rose into the world in February 2023, opened up about the importance of speaking about pelvic health and the need for women to stop accepting issues such as urinary incontinence as something that they need to accept after becoming a parent. “I knew so little about what was going on with my body, during and after pregnancy and after ending up with an emergency c-section I truthfully just assumed I wouldn’t have any problems at all.

I thought not weeing myself would be a silver lining to the situation,” she said. “As I started to return to fitness postpartum, I realised that it doesn’t matter the way you give birth, your pelvic floor is involved and most likely going to need a bit of training to get it back to normal.