Incontinence: Toddler
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Urinary Incontinence
Asked by J.D. from Washington DC
on June 9, 2009
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After years of putting it off and trying keigles and other exercises, I have to have surgery for urinary incontinence from my pregnancy. The doc wants to do the TVT (...
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- My mother had this done last year. She had a bad experience where she had to catheterize herself for weeks afterwards. And she occassionally still does when she gets...
- Have not had it done but am looking into it. My dr. said it takes a week of bedrest although she'd rather it be a week and 1/2 after surgery. After that, no lifting ...
- I am so sorry to hear this, i am glad to hear that there is something that can be done, i think that we all have that problem after children. kegals kegal kegals is t...
Sling Surgery for Urinary Incontinence
Asked by J.C. from Chicago
on July 14, 2009
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I'm scheduled to have surgery to have a sling put in to help eliminate urinary incontinence that has bothered me since my daughter's birth. I'm wondering if anyone ou...
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- J., I'm sure you've exhausted your options, but if you haven't tried PT, there's a wonderful place in Park Ridge. Kamin PT specializes in women's pelvic floor issue...
- My MIL is very happy with her sling. You do have to take it easy for a period of time afterwards, but that goes for any surgery, so I'm sure that comes as no surprise.
- I suffered the same problem after the birth of my son due to my bladder prolapsing in labor. My doctor told me that at some point I may want to consider the surgery, b...
Anyone Ever Have a TVT Surgery for Urinary Incontinence?
Asked by L.U. from Philadelphia
on September 17, 2008
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I have severe incontinence since I gave birth a year ago. I am told to see a Urologist and perhaps look into TVT surgery. Has anyone had that? Can you tell me a how...
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- Dear L. U, I am a mother and physical therapist...have you received PT for pelvic floor dysfunction? There are a great niche of PT's that specialize in women's healt...
- I did 5 years after the birth of my son. The surgery itself was not bad. They cut you in the hair line of the pelvic region, and then staple it. Every time you move yo...
- Hi L., Are you done having children? I had this procedure and would recommend it to all who suffer incontinence.... My life has changed, I am sooo happy I did this b...
Prolasped Bladder and Stress Incontinence
Asked by L.G. from Dallas
on October 5, 2011
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This is an embarrasing subject for me, but here goes. Over at least the past 5 yrs I have had a problem with leaking when I would laugh, cough, exercise. I went to a ...
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- I will tell you to research what ever the doc suggests. My friend had the bladder sling put in and it nearly killed her. Boston Pharmaceuticals is still paying out mon...
- My mom had the surgery done in her 50s and it worked well. She didn't get the mesh thing though, which I have heard can cause some problems. Don't be embarrassed and d...
- I would do a lot of research and talk to as many other women as you can that have had this surgery done. My mom had all of this done (twice) and it did not fix anythi...
Urinary Incontinence During Pregnancy
Asked by M.B. from Hartford
on January 11, 2008
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Hi,
I'm 7 months pregnant now and all of a sudden at 6.5 months I started having urinary control problems. I leak all the time now, when I walk, laugh, move at all...
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- I am only 16 weeks along on my first pregnancy, so I can't give advice from experience. But, have you tried kegel exercises? They are supposed to help with incontinenc...
- Hi M., Everybody (I think) has bladder control problems w/ pregnancy. Yours sounds greater than most I've heard (I teach Childbirth Ed classes) and honestly, for me, ...
- Just wanted to add to Nancy's advice - make sure to lean forward when you urinate (after you think you've emptyied your bladder). It's amazing how much more you will ...
19 Month Old Soaks Clothes/crib at Nightime
Asked by S.S. from Orlando
on March 22, 2010
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my 19 month old son wakes up every morning soaked, clothes and sheets. I use huggies overnights and I put a maxi pad inside the diaper, point his privates down, (I rea...
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- My son did this at a much younger age. He was 3-4 months and had just started sleeping through the night. What I finally ended up doing was waking him up when I went...
- Have you tried Pampers? They have an overnight diaper as well. I never had any luck with Huggies.
- Give him the bath at night before bed.
13 Month Old Keeps Overflowing Diaper at Night
Asked by A.B. from Kansas City
on August 12, 2008
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I have a 13 month old that must dream about water all night long!! I change him right before bed and all week he has woken up soaked. He literally overflows the diap...
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- Try going up a size. That same thing would happen to our son and as soon as we changed sizes, he stopped leaking. We use luvs, and LOVE them! They are cheaper and are ...
- We used to use the huggies overnight diapers with my son or there is also a product out there called Diaper Doublers (looks like a big maxi pad without the lining or s...
- I had to switch my son to Huggies Night Time (overnight) diapers. Something about little boys b/c my daughter didn't. I haven't had a leak since. Good luck.
Urology Question
Asked by K.N. from New York
on March 2, 2008
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Hi Moms,
Has anyone dealt with stress incontinence after childbirth? I have two year old twins and have been having intermittent problems since about six months post...
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- I have no personal experience with this treatment, but I have heard from a few doctors that there is a biofeedback treatment for strengthening a woman's pelvic floor m...
- I have had this problem too. Kegels combined with abdominal crunches helps. It seems to come back when I stop doing ab exercises. J.
- I haven't had the problem, but aren't Kegel exercises supposed to help? I think you need to be pretty committed to doing them to get good results. Have you tried them?
Would a Urologist Help?
Asked by L.H. from Salt Lake City
on September 19, 2011
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I need some guidance.
I get UTIs. All the time. Six just this year and it's only September. My dr. ordered a VCUG last year and everything came back looking norm...
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- Cranberries -- blueberries and cherries all have an enzyme in them that makes the urinary system less hospitable to infection. You can take cranberry supplements (fou...
- Years ago I was having frequent UTIs. I did go to a urologist and had and IVP which found nothing wrong. I stopped with the UTIs after a few months. Never knew what...
- Yes they should be able to help. I assume your ob/gyn went over all the usual things like peeing right after sex, drinking extra fluids, possible reactions to lube or...
Pelvic Support Issues
Asked by J.W. from Minneapolis
on January 31, 2011
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I'm looking for some personal experiences and recommendations. After my second son, my entire pelvic muscle group is just destroyed. I've been doing my Kegels, but sti...
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- I recommend you going into Physical Therapy. It is a form of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. While I did nto have your issue I had other issues and this made a huge differ...
- You should fine a physical therapist that specializes in Pelvic floor Issues. They can do lots of things, show you exercises like the bridge pose and also do BioFeedb...
- Wow, I've never even heard of these. Duh, I guess. I have had 4 children via vag birth. It took it's toll. I also have uterine prolapse and recently went to a pelvi...
