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Who I help?

Hello. I’d like to introduce myself to you.  I’m Christi Teigen and I am on a mission to help moms with all the physical challenges we face both during pregnancy and after having children. I can help you if you just recently had a baby or your last child was born 40+ years ago. I am the mother of 4

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Where my trouble began?

I was working as a physical therapist at The Mayo Clinic and my husband was a medical resident in 1992 when my son was born. I had a healthy pregnancy and routine delivery.  He was born 7lbs 7 ounces and was perfect in every way.  I was a happy new mom.  My first day at home I stood up from

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My Ignorance

I was so nervous when I arrived at my doctor’s office.  I had gone from feeling pure joy about being a new mom to absolute fear of what was to come.  My doctor who I adored told me that my uterus had prolapsed and there was really nothing that could be done. I should just go home and it should

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Surgery doesn’t always make things better

As I stated earlier, I went on to have a total of 4 kids.  With each pregnancy, my prolapse was getting worse.  The heaviness I felt was constant and I knew I would need to have surgery. It was determined that I not only needed a hysterectomy but also would need my bladder and rectum suspended as well.  Two surgeons

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What? Now I’m leaking!!!

I was traveling with my oldest son on an educational tour with his classmates and other parents about a year after my surgery.  We were in Italy and Greece.  We were doing a lot of walking as we toured many beautiful ancient cities. On one of our final days, I suddenly felt the wetness that wasn’t sweating.  What?  It wasn’t

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Hope

Thankfully that wasn’t the end!  I began taking pelvic floor courses in 2012 where for the first time I learned that I could be helped.  I could have been helped all along!  I started the women’s health program at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND where I was working and began helping women just like myself with exercises that actually

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