wetting yourself - a feminist issue?

Leaving this link as it may be helpful to some. www.bladderandbowel.org/bladder/bladder-conditions-and-symptoms/

I approached my female GP about this issue. She suggested i google some advice and couldnt fathom why i had bothered her as its just life apparently. I'm going to see if a male gp is more sympathetic.

Oh massively. I actually make comments about it at work and at the sport I do because it makes people feel uncomfortable...why should we be ashamed? I will say “I can’t do that move without pissing myself, sorry”. I do gymnastics and trampoline and it is not pelvic floor friendly.
On a serious note I had a forceps delivery as baby was back to back and suffered permanent damage. Wry comments are my way of dealing with it. I went back to work when DD was 12m. We are out and about with work and there’s not always a loo..I was not confident that I had recovered full bowel continence even at that point and 5 years later it’s still like “if I’ve gotta go I’ve got to go now!”

We need to start from a point that incontinence isn’t an inevitable complication of ageing, or pregnancy and childbirth

Maybe not inevitable, but certainly pretty standard. Have to say, though, I was always given advice over pelvic floor exercises and so on......I've always had a weak bladder and leaking has beome more of a problem the olde I've become.

My husband had prostate cancer - and that leaves most men with some degree of incontinence, as does the treatment and surgery for it. there are whole sections in the supermarket for men's incontinence 'products, as there are for women's.

Indeed, I even noticed that you could buy waterproof mattresses for double beds the other day - when I was looking out for a mattress protector for my granddaughter.

Yes. If men gave birth oops moment surgery and correction would be part and parcel of post natal care.

Incontinence certainly wouldn’t be an “oops moment.”

We need to start from a point that incontinence isn’t an inevitable complication of ageing, or pregnancy and childbirth.

Completely agree and then we’d then look at childbirth and stop forcep deliveries and leaving women to labour for 24 hours.

I had a text from my GP surgery today informing me that “urinary leakage affects ladies of every age”. Thoughtful, but a bit random out of the blue. And made me think of Emily from Little Britain.

I must be missing something here - why is that on CBeebies?