Reviews & Testimonials

Hi Kim,

As a follow-up to my purchase and your workshop that I attended, I just thought I'd let you know I was very happy with the abdominal splint and exercises.  I noticed an improvement after just several days of wearing the splint and doing the exercises and after a couple of weeks my waist was two inches smaller.  Now that I've done six weeks of it, my waist is about the same and I am pleased that I no longer look like I'm 5 months pregnant!  I intend to keep working at it and I'm hoping it will still improve more over time.

Regards,

Marjorie

Marjorie
Burlington, Canada

Shannan
Montreal, Canada

Dear Kim, (Part 1)

When I first heard about EPI-NO, and its ability to train women's birth canals to make delivery easier and to prevent tearing I was surprised. Not that I didn't think EPI-NO would work, but I had never heard of such a thing!

My friend first introduced me to EPI-NO after her successful "no tear" delivery of her 8 pound son.

I was more than happy to order your product and begin my 'training' as per the instruction booklet.

I began my exercises approximately 5 weeks before my due date. Initially I thought "How am I going to get up to 10cm, when 5 seems difficult?" After training for 5 weeks however, I did manage to get the size of the balloon up to 10 cm. Just in time too!! My baby girl was born almost 5 weeks to the start of my exercises. And, to everyone's surprise...no tearing, no ripping, no stitches!!! I felt very strong in delivery and only had to push for about 40 minutes. My contractions were 3-4 minutes apart, so in reality, I didn't push for very long!!!

EPI-NO gave me the confidence I needed for delivery. I felt prepared!! As this was my first pregnancy, I think the fear of the unknown is difficult. After doing exercises with EPI-NO, and strengthening my pelvic floor, I felt great in delivery! The nurse that helped deliver my daughter was also surprised at how easily my daughter came out, and that I didn't experience any tearing, or need an episiotomy.

I attribute my successful delivery partly to genetics (mom needs some credit :)), and of course, to EPI-NO. I don't think my delivery would have been as easy, and I truly feel I would have torn without it.

As it happens, I just came from my doctor this morning. I was there for my 6 week post partum visit. He said I looked great and he didn't feel the need to give me an internal exam as I had such an easy delivery. Whether or not that is sound medical advice I don't know. But, I felt great leaving his office knowing that I was one of his only patients that had such a successful delivery. While I was in the waiting room I did tell 2 other expectant mothers to check out EPI-NO.

Thank you again for EPI-NO!!! I look forward to using it for my second child (God willing there is one!)

Your greatest fan,

Barbara Ann

Dear Kim, (Part 2)

Your new marketing strategy should be EPI-NO and EASY-YES!  Delivering baby #2 was a piece of cake!   Baby Seán was born at 1:32 a.m. on July 4th weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces.  Funny...they called me at 5 p.m Friday to induce me because they had an opening/clean slate but I was already 4 cm dilated when I got there and having contractions. The contractions were more annoying than painful, so I had no idea I was in labour. So, in the end, they did not have to induce me. By 10 p.m. I was having painful contractions, and had an epidural. A short while later I said "I think the baby is way down there...should I push?"  The nurse said "let's have a practice push".  Well, he almost came out!  They quickly called the doctor and a few pushes later and out he came -   No ripping, no tearing.  Very easy delivery and again, my perineum intact!

Thank you again EPI-NO!

Barbara Ann
Ottawa, Canada

I used the Epi-No to prepare for the birth of my 7lb 6oz daughter in May 2008 (my first!). I used it for both the stretching of the perineum to avoid tearing and for pre-natal strengthening. I'm sure the "pre-habilitation" helped because the delivery was very quick - my water broke at 6pm on Friday, I went into hard labour at 3am on Saturday, arrived at the hospital at 8 am the same day 9 ³/₄ cm dilated and pushed for 15 minutes; despite this, I only had a very small anterior tear (but no muscle damage and it didn't need stitches!) My recovery was also fast and I've been using it for the rehabilitation and I'm now better than my pre-natal strength.

The device is simple to use and I think it is a great tool for prevention of tears. I also think it's great because the user gets an awareness of the pelvic floor muscles before the trauma of a vaginal delivery so that it is easier to recruit the muscles during the early stages of recovery. The instructions that are included are very clear about how to tell if you are doing a correct pelvic floor contraction, but if you have any questions, I would suggest that you see a physiotherapist trained in pelvic floor muscle assessment (Dawn Siegel and Corine Van Doorn at Hollyburn Physiotherapy Clinic both have specialized training for this). My doctor was skeptical about its efficacy, but I think the results speak for themselves. I'm very happy with the results and I personally and professionally think that more physicians should be recommending pre-natal pelvic floor stretching and strengthening to their patients to prevent future problems associated with tearing and muscle weakness, such as incontinence. The pelvic floor muscles are just like any other muscle group that you can train for strength and flexibility…they're just a bit harder to access!

Gail Pateman
Vancouver,Canada

Irina
Montreal, Canada