Urinary incontinence

I’m 19 weeks pregnant and I’ve been having urine “leakages” for the last few days. Never had this before! Midwife said it’s not uncommon in pregnancy, and that pelvic physio won’t be offered to me until after baby is born. I’ve booked in with a private practitioner in a month or so. Anyone else had this?

If anyone has any tips and tricks or just some sympathy from someone who has it I would really appreciate it 🤍

I did go into triage last night to check it wasn’t premature rupture of membranes, but I am definitely just weeing myself 😂😂

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Hey! This is my 3rd pregnancy and I’m struggling with this daily!

I constantly think have my membranes gone?! But honestly it’s so normal. Just wear pads, that’s my only advice. Nothing stops it from happening. I tried pelvic floor physio and it didn’t do anything

I've only had this very rarely but it's not pleasant is it!
I saw a private pelvic floor physio and found out my pelvic floor is actually too tense and I struggle to relax it, so I have a programme/some exercises in working on now.
It's rubbish that the NHS doesn't at least offer an assessment to twy and prevent issues isn't it! I hope you find your private appointment helpful 🤞

I use the Squeezy NHS app. Your pelvic floor is just a muscle and through pregnancy the weight of the baby and added abdominal pressure steadily weakens it over your whole pregnancy. I think exercise also helps keep it strong but the PF exercises are something you have to do a bit of everyday to see improvement. The app is easy to use X

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