Like Nowhere Else: Ashlee Story Video Transcript
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Ashlee Rosvet. She and a man stroll down a sidewalk pushing a baby in a stroller and walking a dog on a leash.
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ASHLEE ROSTVET: I’m Ashlee Rostvet. And I am a wife. I’m a mom. I love being outdoors. I love to run outside.
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She jogs down a road.
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I found out I was pregnant in December 2020. Going into labor and delivery, we felt as prepared as possible. I entered at 38 weeks and four days. So I had almost the whole term to prepare. And the one thing I felt like I didn’t really anticipate or plan for was part of the physical recovery or the physical aspect of postpartum.
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She places her baby on a swing in the park.
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I felt like I would be able to have this baby and be active again right away and feel good and like myself. And I really wasn’t prepared for how little I would feel afterwards. I had a bit of a tear that I didn’t expect to have. And then during the pregnancy, I gained about 50 pounds and had a significant diastasis, so abdominal separation. And so my core, which I’d always worked on, and I felt like I was pretty strong before the pregnancy, after I had Vivian, I really had no core strength, and that kind of baffled me, and I didn’t realize how much that would affect much of everyday life. Then bladder control. I had a lot of problems with incontinence and bladder control. I just didn’t feel like myself. And I walked into my six week visit. She recommended that I start with pelvic floor, physical therapy. And that was something I pursued. And through that process, I also started having conversations and realized that there are a lot of… I mean I’m not the only one who’s had a baby. There are a lot of people who have had babies and are going through the same thing, but it’s not talked about, or people feel like, because it’s quite personal, they don’t want to share, be open about the struggles they’re having. you’re having with that, whether it’s pain with intercourse, bladder control issues, back pain, or core-related weakness that isn’t strong. And I also learned that the things I was going through weren’t something I was going through alone. Lots of other people had dealt with those things, or were dealing with them. So just being able to be open about it and have conversations, I felt like that was really helpful. As I began my postpartum journey, I felt like I might never feel like myself again. And I’ll never be who I was before I had a baby. But I’ve gotten comfortable with who I am now, and really got back a lot of the things that I had before, and even found new things that I didn’t have before that are positive.
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She holds her baby and kisses her on the cheek. Text, like nowhere else. The Essentia Health logo appears, consisting of three leaves in a circle. Text, Essentia Salud.
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