In this episode I discuss with Dr. Rachel Ollivier, Nurse Practitioner and women's health scientist based at the BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre in Vancouver, BC:

- Sexual health is physical, emotional and relational
- The 6 week check up: What it is and what it isn’t
- Body image and its relationship with sexual self-image
- Identity as a mother vs. as a sexual being
- Whose job is it to talk about sexual health with postpartum moms?
- Navigating the “right time” to have sex postpartum
- Pain with intercourse postpartum
- Internal and external changes after birth
- Redefining intimacy
- Ways we can make this easier for those coming after us
- Our role as care providers

I hope you enjoy the episode!

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Find Dr. Ollivier:
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Rachel Ollivier, PhD, NP(F), MSCP is a Nurse Practitioner who practices clinically in the areas of women's cardiovascular health and complex gynecology in addition to acting as the NP Lead for the new Menopause & Midlife Health Program at the BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre. She is passionate about bridging research with clinical practice and her expertise in postpartum sexual health stems from her doctoral research, which she completed in 2022. Dr. Ollivier developed the first patient educational tool on sexual health after birth in Canada and has completed numerous televised and podcast interviews to share her work. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the UBC School of Nursing and serves on several Boards in addition to other volunteer work.

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