Pelvic Floor Books

By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published July 28, 2022

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Kim Vopni (The Vagina Coach) has authored four books on pelvic health: Prepare to Push (pregnancy and birth), Pregnancy Fitness (prenatal exercise, published by Human Kinetics), Your Pelvic Floor (the first pelvic floor book for all women, including trans women), and The Inside Story (pelvic health across all stages of womanhood). Each blends practical exercise guidance with education to help women understand and care for their pelvic floor.

Key Takeaways

• Prepare to Push is an honest, no-fluff guide to how pregnancy and birth change the body and how to prepare, blending fitness principles with doula-style support.
• Pregnancy Fitness, published by Human Kinetics, focuses on prenatal exercise and is free for anyone who takes the Pre/Postnatal Fitness Specialist Certification.
• Your Pelvic Floor is the first pelvic floor health book aimed at all women, including trans women, covering the symptoms of dysfunction and how to address them.
• The Inside Story is a comprehensive, illustrated guide to pelvic health across pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause.
• The books suit anyone who prefers reading to an online program, and Kim’s Buff Muff app offers the same guidance in a mobile format.

If you prefer to read rather than do an online program, I have 4 books for you to choose from. Take some time to relax and unwind with a book that will educate and empower your health and wellbeing.

For Pregnancy and Childbirth

Prepare to Push™ 

This book informs and empowers women with an honest, loving, and no-fluff look at how pregnancy and birth change our bodies – and how to best support these changes.

It blends fitness principles with the supporting aspect of a doula to help women achieve a more comfortable pregnancy, a fabulous birth, and a body they feel confident in all the way through motherhood.  

Here are a few things you will learn:

• How to prepare your body for birth using the principle of specificity
• Why you should adopt the traditional practices of mother roasting
• What core exercises to do in pregnancy
• Why the first 8 weeks postpartum are critical to your long-term health
• The best birth positions to minimize tearing
• The relationship between your pelvic floor and back pain.
• How to heal diastasis recti
• How to optimize pushing
• The spiritual and emotional connections to your pelvic floor

The Inside Story

The Inside Story is a comprehensive and fun exploration of pelvic floor health across all the stages of womanhood: from pregnancy, through motherhood, and into menopause.

Illustrated with simple diagrams and fun, casual language, it is your ultimate guide to restoring and preserving the most important and tragically ignored part of women’s health.

Here are a few things you will learn:

• 8 critical ways a healthy core supports your health and well-being
• How most women are doing Kegels wrong and why the right way matters
• The different kinds of incontinence and how you can heal them with simple exercises (no drugs or diapers needed!)
• What foods can actually damage your pelvic floor and make incontinence worse
• How to protect your posture while pregnant
• The relationship between your pelvic floor and back pain.
• What you can personally do about prolapse
• The spiritual and emotional connections to your pelvic floor
• How you can heal diastasis recti 
• What is a pelvic physiotherapist – and how and why you should find one
• Plus, tips from pelvic health and fitness experts all around the world!

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Does your phone go everywhere you do?

If having your fitness programs together with quick mobile access, you may be interested in my Buff Muff app. 

The 28-Day Challenge and Buff Muff Membership

I recommend checking out my comprehensive pelvic health education and fitness programs on my Buff Muff App. The most complete Pelvic Floor & Kegel exercise App to strengthen the pelvic floor.

The Buff Muff 28-Day Challenge (housed in the App) gets you started, and the Annual membership keeps you progressing so you can laugh, run, jump, and lift without the pesky leaks and annoying discomfort of prolapse symptoms.

Frequently Asked Questions

What books has The Vagina Coach written?
Kim Vopni has authored four books on pelvic health: Prepare to Push (pregnancy and birth), Pregnancy Fitness (prenatal exercise, published by Human Kinetics), Your Pelvic Floor (for all women, including trans women), and The Inside Story (pelvic health across all stages of womanhood).

Which book is best for pregnancy and birth?
Prepare to Push is Kim’s book for pregnancy and childbirth, covering how to prepare your body for birth, core exercises in pregnancy, birth positions to minimize tearing, and postpartum healing. Pregnancy Fitness is a good companion focused specifically on prenatal exercise.

What is the book Your Pelvic Floor about?
Your Pelvic Floor is the first pelvic floor health book aimed at all women, including trans women. It explains why understanding your pelvic floor matters for overall health, fitness, and wellbeing throughout life, outlines the symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction, and shows you how to address them.

What is The Inside Story about?
The Inside Story is a comprehensive, illustrated guide to pelvic floor health across all stages of womanhood — pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause. It uses simple diagrams and casual language to cover kegels, incontinence, prolapse, diastasis recti, posture, and more, with tips from experts worldwide.

Is any of the books available for free?
Yes. Kim offers a free copy of The Inside Story, and Pregnancy Fitness is free for anyone who takes her Pre/Postnatal Fitness Specialist Certification. The other titles are available to purchase through the links in this post.

Do I have to read a book, or is there an app?
If you prefer guided programs on your phone, Kim’s Buff Muff app offers the same pelvic health education and exercises in a mobile format. The 28-Day Challenge inside the app helps you get started, and the membership keeps you progressing.

Related Articles

• Kegels and Pelvic Floor Exercises for Pregnancy and Birth
• What’s the Deal with Diastasis Recti?
• What You Need to Know About Pelvic Organ Prolapse
• Pelvic Health Is Not Just About Kegels
• Pelvic Floor Exercise Certification Courses for Professionals

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