When to Start with Kegel Exercises

After delivering a baby, when should women start Kegel exercises
Dr. Dugan: Great question. Women should probably start the Kegel exercises
immediately. There is sort of a tendency for obstetricians to tell women
not to do any exercises till they are about six weeks postpartum or after
they have the baby. And that probably comes from the fact that you would
wait about six weeks to come back and to see the doctor.
Let’s say you had a C-section and they want to look at your sutures, but
it’s probably not based on any really good scientific evidence, so we pretty
much tell women to get up and get moving. So obviously women are
active after they have a baby. They don’t wait six weeks to take care of
their newborn, for instance. So I think we are better at reminding women
that they should become active immediately after they have the baby and
to start working those Kegel exercises immediately after they have a baby.