Your baby is now officially an embryo and is about the size of a poppy seed.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/4-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
PPHS at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
We are a team of obstetricians, specialist pelvic health physiotherapists and midwives offering a pelvic health care service to support women and birthing people for the management and prevention of pelvic health problems around pregnancy and following birth.
This service is delivered in the inpatient, community and outpatient settings and is accessible to all.
Typical presentations might include:
- Urinary incontinence
- Emptying disorders of the bladder and or bowel
- Anal incontinence
- Pelvic organ prolapse
- Perineal tears
- Perineal wound infections
- Sexual dysfunction related to birth
- Pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain (PGP)
- Rectus abdominus diastasis.
Local self-help resources are included on the Harrogate Health Hub which can be accessed here .
If you need further support for any pelvic floor concerns in pregnancy or postnatally please speak to your midwife or GP to be referred into our service.
