How urinary incontinence affected my postpartum

The loss of urine started to happen during pregnancy. It attacked when I sneezed, when I coughed, when I laughed and even when I went to the gym – very important to fight the huge number of pounds I had gained.

 

It bothered me tremendously. I stopped exercising, which has always been my escape. And whenever I was with my husband or with my friends, I was afraid to laugh. I couldn’t get this out of my head. I didn’t live life at ease. I was not experiencing my pregnancy to the full.

 

I didn’t tell anyone what was going on, even when post childbirth, with a baby to look after, the problem persisted. I just had to bend down to take my child out of the crib to feel the leakage of urine. It was extremely uncomfortable. I started using a daily dressing at all times.

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I just had to bend down to take my child out of the crib to feel the leakage of urine

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Marta | 42 years old

And I couldn’t help from thinking: was it just me or were there more pregnant women going through the same? It was official: I needed to talk about it, because I was ashamed to share it with those closer to me. I wanted to find someone who felt the same way as I did.

 

I shared my story with a woman I met in a mother’s group, after she made a post that made me suspect that she was going through the same. I was right.

 

Talking without fear was a relief. She explained everything to me: she told me it was normal to have episodes of urinary incontinence in pregnancy and in the postpartum period. She told me that I was not the only one going through this. And she advised me on natural supplements with vitamin D, selenium, pumpkin seeds and soy extracts, ingredients that have a positive effect on involuntary leakage of urine.

 

I was finally able to fully experience motherhood and postpartum, which was, after all, one of the happiest periods of my life.

  

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