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Yeah, I'm still not convinced. She seems to more be saying "don't over-kegel, and try squatting!" Which is fine, but I don't think I know anyone who really kegels too much. At the very end of the post, she says "I came up with the perfect solution, Kara. Gently tense and fully release (shy of urinating) your PF 10 times while you are in a squatting position. That way you know you are keeping all the pelvic muscles balanced."
Which seems to me that she's actually just saying to strengthen ALL your relevant muscle groups, which makes a lot more sense to me- and I'm sure she sees plenty of women who kegel but have no glutes, but most of my pregnant peers have the opposite problem- we squat plenty, we have strong glutes, but have never worked on strengthening our pelvic floors, so doing exercises makes sense. I was kind of talking to my physical therapist about that this morning even- she was talking about how if you have a weak pelvic floor and strong glutes (i.e. if you're me), they pull on things in a way that's NOT good (I wish I could articulate this better!)
One thing she also talks about is that usually when women talk about doing PF exercises, they focus on those short pulses, whereas what you should be doing is alternating between those and pulling in your pelvic floor ("like you're picking a marble off the ground with your vagina," as she puts it) and holding it- ideally for a full 60 seconds.

@Alivoo01: But shouldn't you be engaging your pelvic floor muscles while squatting anyways? I know that post-partum, there was no way i could do a squat without engaging these muscles first.

You also have to remember that it's not just about strengthening your pelvic floor muscles. My pfms were really tight, so i had to work on relaxation before going back to strengthening. I highly recommend working with a PT who specializes in PFM/post-partum issues prior to delivery. I know i wish i had!