If you’ve been told you’re hypermobile or have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, it’s natural to wonder how this might affect your pelvic floor and your experience of pregnancy and vaginal birth. What is hypermobility? Hypermobility means your joints move more than average due to increased flexibility in your connective tissues. For some, this is simply a normal variation. For others, particularly those with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), it reflects a difference in collagen, the protei

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