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Support for Women
You're Not Alone
Incontinence is a common problem for women. In fact, studies have shown that about 50% of all women-including young women-experience occasional urinary incontinence, and as many as 10% have frequent incontinence.
Pregnant?
Over 50% of women will experience stress incontinence during a first pregnancy, and 85% will experience it during subsequent pregnancies. Pregnancy can cause physical stress on the bladder and entire pelvic area, which often cause, temporary incontinence.
Many women feel unprepared to manage this experience - it is often unfamiliar, unexpected, and inconvenient. This experience can have negative emotional and psychological impact on expecting and new moms.
The good news is, you're not alone, and you can manage it with the right treatments and products.
High-impact Exercise & Smoking
There are additional behavior risk factors that can increase a women's likelihood of experiencing incontinence. Two habits that can increase the risk of incontinence include certain exercise routines and smoking.
High-impact exercise such as running and jogging can weaken the muscles in the pelvic floor that control urination. Lower-impact exercise regimens such as bicycling and swimming do not seem to have this negative effect.
And if you needed another reason to not smoke, some reports indicate that your chances of smoking can increase suffering from urinary incontinence - up to double.
Information taken from www.incontinent.com
Urinary Incontinence in Women
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