Let's talk about down there. Way down there. Even though most Canadian new moms would rather not, our French counterparts practically consider it a civic duty.
They even have a government-sponsored program called 'la rééducation périnéale' to make sure they get their wahoos back in tip top shape following childbirth. In fact, pelvic education is just part and parcel of basic postpartum care in France.
Such tuition apparently involves involve Kegel-type drills, performed under the watchful eye of a therapist, and the insertion of little biofeedback exercises into the vagina to monitor the strength of said muscles.
“You can watch how hard your muscles are working on the screen and even play little video games using the sonde as a joystick,” wrote Claire Lundberg on the news site Slate. “I played a Pole Position game at my last session, and a friend played what I can only call Cooter Pac-Man.”
La rééducation has been paid for by French Social Security since 1985, presumably with a view to getting women back in the saddle as quickly as possible (so they can no doubt go on to have more babies?).
But regardless of whether you like the idea of the government sticking its nose in your bedroom, its involvement has no doubt helped address the postpartum issues like incontinence and pelvic pain.
So even if on the face of it la rééducation seems to be pandering to the gentleman of the house, surely it is the lady herself who benefits. (I know how happy fitting into skinny jeans would have made me after my son was born.)
I put it to you, yummies. Should les Canadiens follow suit, and spend taxpayer dollars on rehabilitating its very own wahoos?
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