To hate the Kelly Brook Tena ad

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Why is it normal for women who have had babies to be incontinent and need Tena knickers?
I’m pregnant and I know my body will change but I’m not going to be happily accepting a level wetting myself that requires specialist underwear as a long term consequence... if a man had an event (obviously not childbirth but say an accident or injury) that caused him to become incontinent in his 30s I’m pretty sure there would be a reasonable level of medical intervention.

It seems in other countries women are given guidance and help to prevent damaging consequences of pregnancy and birth and aftercare such as physiotherapy, yet in the uk you just have to accept that it’s inevitable as “you’ve had a baby”

I’m not expecting everything to be back to normal on day one but the way Tena are merrily advertising their products as if it’s totally normal for young women to be incontinent worries me.... I mean, it’s normal for elderly men to have enlarged prostate gland which causes urinary urgency and problems and it’s treated, they’re not told it’s normal and to toddle off and stock up on Tena man pants!

It is just marketing. They are not going to advertise pelvic floor exercises

A little bit of wee won't stop me being me

How about:
A little bit of wee - physiotherapy!
Still little wees? Funded surgery!

Tena should be AN option, not THE option. Young men wouldn't be left to piss themselves with a blithe "healthy baby, be grateful".

@PicsInRed

A little bit of wee won't stop me being me

How about:
A little bit of wee - physiotherapy!
Still little wees? Funded surgery!

Tena should be AN option, not THE option. Young men wouldn't be left to piss themselves with a blithe "healthy baby, be grateful".

That’s exactly what I mean - you just said it so much better!

Kelly Brook?????

Don’t accept it. It’s not normal. Do kegels every single day, x 3. Get the NHS Squeezy app. You need to work your pelvic floor. I did religiously and I haven’t had so much as a tiny leak. Even when mega fucking pregnant.

Tena do products for incontinent men but there's no adverts and the packets are emblazoned with 'FOR MEN' so there's no chance of them picking up the pads NOT FOR THEM and having their penis falling off by not using a products with their sex on it

@Onairjunkie

Don’t accept it. It’s not normal. Do kegels every single day, x 3. Get the NHS Squeezy app. You need to work your pelvic floor. I did religiously and I haven’t had so much as a tiny leak. Even when mega fucking pregnant.

Thank you, I will!!! Might do the exercises every time a Tena ad comes in the tv 😂

It's a daft advert. And a little bit offensive, I don't want people assuming I'm incontinent.
I've never leaked wee in my life and my kids were both well over 9lbs so on the higher end of average.

I think it's good that people shouldn't see incontinence as a massive stigma and if this stimulates more open discussion, it's good. But the discussion should be about ways it can be treated, be it physio, surgery or whatever, not just unspeaking acceptance and woo hoo, here's Tena to save me. But obviously they're not going to sell it as, "this will keep you going until your treatment has worked," or, "this is you last resort after all possible treatments have failed."

I don't like the "bigger boobs: blessed!" bit, either. Small boobs are fine.

I totally agree.

I've never suffered from incontinence, I'm 58 now and can hold it for ages. My baby was enormous 9lbs plus and was yanked out by suction all those years ago plus I was cut up to my ears and stitched back up.
I did kegel exercises immediately after the bith and had no problems at all.

I hate all the ads around vaginal dryness, incontinence and erectile dysfunction, not least because I keep expecting my parrots to come out with some of the cringe-worthy key phrases :O

A friend had very minor surgery that solved her incontinence. Why make it seem normal/acceptable when it affects how you live, what you enjoy, and makes you feel unclean?