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Posted On: July 25th 2026, 01:09 pm
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For a long time, I thought I had lost this part of myself.
Today I stopped on a run to soak up the sun coming through the trees. ☀️ And I realized just how much has changed.
After having kids, I took years off from running. Moving my body intentionally has become one of those little shifts that’s brought me back home to myself, and to this new version of me born through motherhood.
Movement has always been part of who I am - from childhood sports to college field hockey, a half marathon, adult rec leagues (shout out to Zog!), and eventually yoga, which became the moving meditation that carried me through seasons of mental illness and burnout.
After having my first child in 2022, I developed pelvic floor issues that kept me from doing the very thing that had always helped me feel like myself. Living in California, far from family with high childcare costs, I put treatment on the back burner because I didn’t have the time or the money. It wasn’t until I was pregnant with my second child and in significant pain that I finally sought out pelvic floor physical therapy. Dr. Megan Miller at Discover Pelvic Health & Wellness in Camp Hill helped me work through an overactive pelvic floor and truly changed my life.
As it turns out, my experience isn’t unusual. While meeting with leaders from Penn State Health’s Maternal Mental Health Coalition on behalf of @thenest_ofpa, we talked about two of the biggest barriers many mothers face: pelvic floor dysfunction and access to childcare. In fact, up to one in three women experience a pelvic floor disorder within the first year after giving birth, yet so many suffer in silence or assume it’s just part of becoming a mom.
I’m so grateful to have received the care I needed to move my body again, tend to my mental health postpartum, and find both professional and peer support along the way.
It’s also a powerful reminder of why the work we’re doing at @thenest_ofpa matters so much. Every parent deserves access to trusted resources, community, and support—not just to get through parenthood, but to truly thrive. Just imagine what can happen when parents have the support they need to flourish. ✨
Today I stopped on a run to soak up the sun coming through the trees. ☀️ And I realized just how much has changed.
After having kids, I took years off from running. Moving my body intentionally has become one of those little shifts that’s brought me back home to myself, and to this new version of me born through motherhood.
Movement has always been part of who I am - from childhood sports to college field hockey, a half marathon, adult rec leagues (shout out to Zog!), and eventually yoga, which became the moving meditation that carried me through seasons of mental illness and burnout.
After having my first child in 2022, I developed pelvic floor issues that kept me from doing the very thing that had always helped me feel like myself. Living in California, far from family with high childcare costs, I put treatment on the back burner because I didn’t have the time or the money. It wasn’t until I was pregnant with my second child and in significant pain that I finally sought out pelvic floor physical therapy. Dr. Megan Miller at Discover Pelvic Health & Wellness in Camp Hill helped me work through an overactive pelvic floor and truly changed my life.
As it turns out, my experience isn’t unusual. While meeting with leaders from Penn State Health’s Maternal Mental Health Coalition on behalf of @thenest_ofpa, we talked about two of the biggest barriers many mothers face: pelvic floor dysfunction and access to childcare. In fact, up to one in three women experience a pelvic floor disorder within the first year after giving birth, yet so many suffer in silence or assume it’s just part of becoming a mom.
I’m so grateful to have received the care I needed to move my body again, tend to my mental health postpartum, and find both professional and peer support along the way.
It’s also a powerful reminder of why the work we’re doing at @thenest_ofpa matters so much. Every parent deserves access to trusted resources, community, and support—not just to get through parenthood, but to truly thrive. Just imagine what can happen when parents have the support they need to flourish. ✨
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