Bladder Issues?

A bit tmi.

After I had my son, I didn't have any problems when it came to use the bathroom, but over the past 5 months, if I stand too long when I have the urge to use the bathroom, I feel like I'm about to pee all over myself. I'm perfectly fine if I'm sitting, but once I stand and have the urge to go, I have to right then, or it's not going to end well for me. I don't consider myself incontinent, but it feels like I'm borderline to it.

I did push for 4 hours, but ended up having an emergency c-section because I wasn't progressing because he was stuck behind my pubic bone.

Like I said, I didn't have issues to start off, but it's just gotten progressively worse as time has gone on. It's gotten to the point that when I wake up a night, I go before I feed the baby, put him back to bed, and then I have to go again. I've been doing kegels since I had him to strengthen my pelvic floor, but they don't seem to be helping.

I see my gyno again in October, but I'm wondering if this is normal or if anyone is dealing with the same thing?

Any advice would help as well.

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It definitely sounds like your pelvic floor is weak, look into pelvic strengthening exercises. Unfortunately kegels don't help entirely when your lower ab muscles also need to be strengthened again.

Never “normal” to have bladder issues postpartum but really common! I would recommend seeing a pelvic floor physical therapist!

@Alexa I'm gonna see if my gyno can recommend me one when I go back. I had a feeling I probably need to see one. I'm just hoping there's one local.

It’s SO hard to find a pelvic floor PT because anyone in network has a huge waitlist, but there are several out of network depending on where you live. Good luck!! The US is one of the only countries that doesn’t universally refer for pelvic floor pt postpartum 🤷🏼‍♀️

I’ve been seeing a pelvic therapist for a month now and it’s made a HUGE difference. She told me that kegels often don’t help because many women who have given birth need help relaxing the muscles and strengthening them in other ways.

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