At some point on your motherhood journey, you may start doing things you never dreamed like a little wee when you sneeze. Or crossing your legs when you cough or sneeze, and avoiding certain exercises or your child(ren)’s trampoline.
Some may tell you it's a consequence of having children or getting older, and they’re right. It can be a consequence of both those things. Up to half of all mothers experience weakness in their abdominal muscles and pelvic floor muscles after pregnancy.
Sadly, women wait seven years (on average) before seeking help and treatment and suffer in silence with poor bladder and bowel control, urinary incontinence, and painful sex.
| 1:3 women will experience pelvic floor issues at some stage of life, and it is rarely spoken about openly - despite the statistic.
But we don't have to live and suffer in silence, and it is never too late to seek help.
You are not alone ...
• 50% of women following childbirth experience pelvic organ prolapse with symptoms of bladder and bowel dysfunction.
• Up to seven years after childbirth, 45% of women suffer from urinary incontinence.
• 55% of women suffer from uncomfortable painful intercourse up to three months postnatally.
The best thing you can do for yourself is seek the help of a women’s health physiotherapist, also known as a pelvic health physiotherapist. I sat down with mum of two, Charlotte Church, who runs her practice in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom to learn more.
You are not alone ...
• 50% of women following childbirth experience pelvic organ prolapse with symptoms of bladder and bowel dysfunction.
• Up to seven years after childbirth, 45% of women suffer from urinary incontinence.
• 55% of women suffer from uncomfortable painful intercourse up to three months postnatally.
The best thing you can do for yourself is seek the help of a women’s health physiotherapist, also known as a pelvic health physiotherapist. I sat down with mum of two, Charlotte Church, who runs her practice in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom to learn more.
