I peed my pants at the trampoline park
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You?ve had your baby and you?re figuring out new mom life. Parenting information, advice and stories abound for anything that might come up?save for one thing: peeing your pants. No one tells you you?re likely to pee your pants after having a baby. And yet, most of us will do so. Possibly in public. Probably a few times.
Postpartum urinary incontinence is very common. Pregnancy and delivery both weaken muscles around the bladder and pelvis, which may mean you have a harder time controlling your flow after childbirth. Your swollen uterus also rests on your bladder, adding extra pressure. Known as stress incontinence, this involuntary pee leakage happens when physical movement or activity puts stress on your bladder. So a giggle often leads to a dribble. A cough releases a trickle. And a sneeze can cause a flood. This accidental tinkling can be an issue for weeks or months, even years. Know that you?re not alone
For Elizabeth in Toronto, trampolining proved to be her nemesis. When her son was three months old, she and her husband went to play trampoline dodgeball. ?I took three jumps and immediately wet myself,? she recalls. ?No one warned me that peeing yourself was a thing that happens after childbirth, and I was totally caught off guard.? A few years later, a trampolining pee disaster would strike again. At a trampoline park for her 30th birthday, Elizabeth and her fellow mom friends excitedly began bouncing?and leaking. ?We all had an ‘oh crap’...
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