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Peeing Myself After Delivery. Did Bladder Exercises, Nothing Help. How To Treat This?
Im 20 years old. last year i was 5 months pregnant went into premature laber my water broke like Niagara falls for about 1hour tell i started bleeding was in labor for 6 hours tell i had my baby in the toilet at the hospital died from impact. ever since then im always peeing my self. ive done lots of bladder exercises to fix my problem but nothings helping. Im really needing advice, its very embarrassing at work or in public should i go to doctors or is this normal?
Mon, 29 Apr 2013
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I am sorry for your loss.
The urinary incontinence you are presently experiencing is likely related to weakness of the pelvic muscle but you may want to visit your doctor for an evaluation to make sure that there are no other contributing causes.
Pelvic muscle exercises/pelvic floor muscle training is commonly used to treat this condition and has been shown to be effective. These exercises are called Kegel exercises.
They involve the following: (1) squeeze the muscles in your pelvis as though you are trying to stop urine flow. You should not use the muscles in your buttocks or abdomen to achieve this
(2)Hold for 3 to 5 seconds then relax for a few seconds
(3) Do at least 10 of these each session and do at least 3 to 4 sesssions a day if possible
I hope this helps
I am sorry for your loss.
The urinary incontinence you are presently experiencing is likely related to weakness of the pelvic muscle but you may want to visit your doctor for an evaluation to make sure that there are no other contributing causes.
Pelvic muscle exercises/pelvic floor muscle training is commonly used to treat this condition and has been shown to be effective. These exercises are called Kegel exercises.
They involve the following: (1) squeeze the muscles in your pelvis as though you are trying to stop urine flow. You should not use the muscles in your buttocks or abdomen to achieve this
(2)Hold for 3 to 5 seconds then relax for a few seconds
(3) Do at least 10 of these each session and do at least 3 to 4 sesssions a day if possible
I hope this helps
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