Birth Preparation

Specialized Perinatal Care for Expecting Families

At Pacer Physical Therapy, we support you through every stage of your pregnancy and postpartum journey.

Our expert pelvic health team will empower you with the knowledge, tools and individualized care you need for a confident, well-informed birth and recovery.

Why Choose Pacer for Physical Therapy during your pregnancy?

When you’re pregnant, your body is undergoing remarkable change—and your pelvic floor, core and movement patterns adapt along with you. With targeted pelvic floor PT, you can:

Improve movement, posture and pelvic mobility to aid in a smoother delivery
Build strength and stability in your pelvic floor and core to support both baby and prevent pelvic floor symptoms
Feel more confident in your birth preparation, whether you’re planning a vaginal birth, VBAC or C-section
Learn techniques for labor and delivery, including breathing, pushing and optimal birthing positions
Reduce postpartum recovery time and protect your long-term pelvic health

Our Birth Preparation Sessions

We offer a two-sessions (1 hour each)—designed for you and your support partner, doula or midwife if desired. Choose either in-person in Boston or virtually, so you can access expert pelvic floor PT from wherever you are.

What’s included:

Personalized Education on labor and delivery

Support and understanding your birth options. Obtain resources for both the birthing and non birthing partner so you can be informed and knowledge in labor and delivery

Learn manual techniques and how to push

Learn to gently soften and mobilize the pelvic floor, abdomen and connective tissues—aimed at protecting against tearing and promoting optimal baby positioning. Learn techniques designed specifically for the pushing phase and labor mechanics to aid in protecting your pelvic floor

Customized movement & posture assessment

We evaluate your mobility, alignment and functional movement patterns in pregnancy, then build an individualized exercise plan to support pelvic health and birth preparedness

Birthing position practice

Try and practice various positions for labor and delivery—with your partner if you like—to enhance comfort, mobility and readiness. Obtain video resources for you to practice this at home

Mindset Coaching

PT during pregnancy isn’t just about the body—we’ll help you build resilience and mental readiness for birth and recovery

Our Birth Preparation Sessions are designed to empower and equip you with essential tools for a positive birth experience.

Success Stories from our patients

I always leave each appointment with personalized support, advice, and a customized workout plan—delivered through an easy-to-use app—that motivates me to follow through. I've made remarkable progress on long-standing issues I'd been living with for nearly 15 years.

Working with Pacer PT during my pregnancy was the BEST healthcare decision I made during the process! PT really significantly improved my quality of life throughout my pregnancy, managing and minimizing back pain / core issues and allowing me to stay active through the end!

Not only did [Vera] help me with back and pelvic pain before giving birth, but the birth prep mobility and education Pacer PT offers was so beneficial as well. After welcoming my son, I resumed my sessions with Vera and she became a tremendous resource again in helping me recover and working my way back to conditioning and strength training.

I came to Juliana with tons of pelvic pain, at around week 24 and she has helped me all the way through now (week 39). We even did a great birth prep session which helped me and my husband prepare for the big event. Juliana was able to really help with my diagnosis and make a program that worked for me.

**We bill this service as patient education under your out-of-network PT benefits so you can receive reimbursement from your insurance**