Episode 76 | Jessi Morton-Langehaug on Long Races and a Rectocele Recovery Journey
by Nikki Parnell — February 18, 2022 — Photo Credit: Howie Stern
This week we have Jessi Morton-Langehaug back on the podcast! If you didn’t catch her remarkable story last time, go back and listen to episode 36. During this episode we chat with her about what she’s been up to in 2021 including races like Cocodona 250 and Tahoe 200 as well as a recent postpartum issue and surgery she just went through. Birth trauma from 8 years ago gave Jessi a rectocele (a type of prolapse that affects the supportive wall of tissue between the rectum and vaginal wall) that had been causing her extreme pain, annoying symptoms and made life and running so much harder. She shares how she found answers, made the decision to do surgery to fix the problem and how recovery was tough but she now has gotten her life back because of it.
It can be a lonely and depressing place to be when you’re dealing with issues that can be embarrassing to talk about but the more women like Jessi who share their experiences the more women won’t feel quite as alone if they find themselves in a hard spot – particularly after childbirth. Jessi is an advocate for being in charge of your own health and conversations like this bring our mom community together while taking the shame out of talking about our bodies and the real problems we experience! Huge thank you to Jessi for sharing her story! To listen, click the link below or search “Run Hard Mom Hard” on your preferred podcast platform! Don’t forget to subscribe to this podcast and share this with anyone out there who might need to hear it! Thank you!!
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