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title: "MATTER Spotlight: Missy Lavender, founder of Below Your Belt"
description: The Below Your Belt platform equips women and girls with the education, resources and care they need to manage, improve and prevent pelvic health disorders.
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# MATTER Spotlight: Missy Lavender, founder of Below Your Belt

[ Paige ](https://blog.matter.health/author/paige)  March 13, 2018

Missy Lavender’s journey to founding Below Your Belt began with her own experience as a patient. After giving birth to her son, Missy joined the one-third of women who develop a pelvic health disorder in adulthood.

She founded Below Your Belt to equip women and Girls+ — including girls, trans boys, intersex and nonbinary kids, youths who are otherwise queer or questioning, and all of their grownups — with the education, resources and care they need to manage, improve and prevent pelvic health disorders.

Learn more about Below Your Belt: [https://belowyourbelt.health/](https://belowyourbelt.health/)

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