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POP goes my pelvis and the POP Project

POP goes my pelvis and the POP Project

February 17th 2021 I love the outdoors. I’m a keen tramper. I enjoy stand up paddleboarding (SUP) and surfing, kiteboarding, sailing. I run bush skills courses for women. I can spend hours working in the garden. I fe Read more

Changing the ‘culture of shame’

Changing the ‘culture of shame’

May 10th 2022 The first time I peed myself began as a beautiful day. My first baby was five days old. I was still in the afterglow of a wonderful home birth. After three days at home, I decided to venture out on a Read more

I'm not broken

I'm not broken

May 10th 2022 Almost a year and a half ago, things turned to custard in my life. My son needed major orthopaedic surgery and my beloved dad died of a heart attack. I was devastated. It felt like my world Read more

Why me?

Why me?

May 10th 2022 My third child was about nine months old when my POP appeared. I was 36. My first child was born via emergency C-section. My second labour was long, with episiotomy and tear, “not well stitched”. Read more

My POP inspired me to change my life

My POP inspired me to change my life

November 13th 2021 As a 30 year old I felt fit – swimming and hiking with my two dogs every day. Things changed rapidly when I became pregnant with my baby. I had awful morning sickness that lasted five months. My Read more

Let's remove the TABOO

Let's remove the TABOO

November 13th 2021 I had my first baby during level 3 lockdown in May 2020. He was a beautiful healthy boy, but my body ended up in not such a healthy state. My labour didn’t go smoothly from the start and Read more

POP, PASSION, PURPOSE

POP, PASSION, PURPOSE

November 13th 2021 I have always been active. I swam competitively during school and played hockey during my uni days and early twenties. I became a runner in my late twenties after signing up for a run clinic. I ran Read more

2020 - a year I will never forget

2020 - a year I will never forget

November 13th 2021 In June 2020 I gave birth to my second son. It was an uncomplicated birth – long labour but with a very short pushing phase. Everything seemed fine, no tearing or bleeding like at the birth of my Read more

From multi-sporter to being told I might never run again

From multi-sporter to being told I might never run again

November 13th 2021 My first child came in an 8 pounds 7 ounces rush. It took 3.5 hours from the first niggle of labour to holding a beautiful boy in my arms. On the way he got stuck. Fortunately I had a very skilled Read more

Keeping active for physical and mental health

Keeping active for physical and mental health

February 12th 2021 I was 35 years old and three weeks postpartum after my first baby when (after lots of googling with few answers) I went to a GP thinking I had a prolapse. This was because I had looked at my bits Read more

Active and Pop - Pelvic Organ Prolapse New Zealand

2021 - Thank you for generous donations helping create this website by the Te Puna Community Pop up Op Shop, private sponsors and story sketch illustrations by Julia Morris. Your support is very much appreciated!

2022, 2023 - Many thanks to Omokoroa Centre Trust for funding this year's website costs.

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