Hello, I a 34-year-old married woman. I lost control over urination after one pregnancy. Is it treatable? Can you help how?
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Yes this is common, can take 6 months or longer to become normal. Need to do special exercises. Do your kegels, do your kegels, do your kegels! try to work up to three sets of 30 kegel exercises a day. (you can also use them as a last line of defense when you feel the need to cough, sneeze, laugh or lift something heavy.) start shedding those pregnancy pounds sensibly, since all those extra pounds are still putting pressure on your bladder. Train your bladder to behave. Urinate every 30 minutes — before you have the urge, in other words — and then try to extend the time between pees each day. Try to avoid constipation after pregnancy, so full bowels don't put added pressure on your bladder. Keep drinking at least eight glasses of fluids every day (cutting back on water to control the peeing only makes you vulnerable to dehydration and urinary tract infections). Avoid coffee, citrus, tomatoes, soft drinks, and alcohol — all of which can irritate your bladder and make urine harder to control. Pads can help absorb leaking urine (no tampons, please — they don't block the flow of urine and they're off-limits during the postpartum period anyway). If the leaks won't let up (and you're finished with your postpartum healing), talk to your doctor about whether you should use a bladder support product.
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