Finding information through health care professionals and people with similar experiences were the best strategies for Tara.

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I felt going – like, going to my family doctor, going to my OB-GYN, talking to them and then going to different moms groups. I’m kind of reluctant to, like, Google everything. You know? I’m not – when I was pregnant I didn’t Google, like, oh I’m doing – like, this is happening – like, you know, I would Google, like, kind of the size of what, you know, as she was growing I kind of, you know, Googled that. Like, OK, how many weeks? But if I had some sort of symptom I had a good doctor where I could call her office and leave a message. Like, this is what’s happening. Can I just – I just want to make sure that this is not anything serious. You know?

So when it came to postpartum, like, I didn’t – or any, like, anything after, I didn’t want to Google stuff. [Laughter] I – because you can get so – such a range of information. Like, there’s good information out there but it was more, you know, talking to my doctors, talking to other women who’ve gone through the same thing. You know? When I saw the public health nurse after, like, I could talk to her about things. Those were kind of where I got most of my information. And then just kind of finding my own coping skills, I guess, based on just knowing myself, I guess. You know?

I had a really good physiotherapist too – she was a pelvic floor therapist – that she worked with me prior to giving birth and she was a good source of information too. Because she worked with a lot of women who, you know, prior to birth and then after too. So she was kind of like – she kind of shared her experiences of what other women were going – like, her patients were going through. You know? And she would – she would kind of guide me to more credited, like, articles and stuff online. You know? Like, because she had that kind of – she know – she knew how to find good information.

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