forceps delivery and bladder control.......when will it get better?.............please reassure me; feeling really glum

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five days after a forceps assisted delivery after a 2.5 hour second stage getting nowhere and i have no bladder control at all

If I stand up and my bladder is full it just lets go, and i only have the vaguest sensation of it emptying. same if i actually make it to the loo...it just dribbkes out and i have no idea when i'm done.

i saw the physio in the hospital before discharge and she gave me exercises. although i can feel the muscles working around my bum, the front ones....nothing

after a really positive VBAC I'm starting to feel a little bit glum and despondent thart i can't get my bladder under control.

Is this normal or should i have more control after this time?

This lasted a couple of days with me, and before leaving hospital they made an appointment for me to see a physio. I never saw the physio as things sorted themselves out. I think you should speak to your doctor or midwife about it as five days seems quite a while.

I'm booked in to see the physio next Friday as I have tummy muscle separation as well.

there were issues with the catheter they put in for the spinal as it came out three times before they got it in properly. I was fine initially when the catheter came out, this only started on day two

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Are there any other positions you can do the exercises in? For example lying on your tummy or on all fours. Sounds strange but you may find it easier to get them going again like this. Perhaps the swelling didn't come up straight away which is why you were ok at first. You're seeing the physio this Friday or a week on Friday?

I had forceps with my first twin and yes, it does get better, but mine wasn't that bad in the first place - I would book in to see GP as well as physio

Agree with ducky need to see someone sooner if only to put your mind at rest. Must be very upsetting but you will get past it.

week on friday so i have time yet. I need to see the gp for something else tomorrow so will have a quick chat about this is well.

It's kind of taking the shine off my much wanted VBA2C

I felt similar after forceps. It last a couple of days and slowly began to improve. My physio said I needed to give it 6 weeks before they would consider it a problem and refer me for treatment. Luckily it was OK by then.

thanks artichokes, that gives me some consolayion.

I'm chugging away at the pelvic floor exercises; well trying to anyway. DH more philosophical than me, but then he isn't the one deliberating whether to buy Bodyform or Tenalady

I remember how horrible it feels to be totally at the mercy of gravity. Apparantly a lot of the problem is due to swelling. Once your swelling reduces you should regain most control.

Good luck.

ha, the swelling might explain things.....I feel like a baboon at the minute!!

I had total loss of bladder control after ventouse delivery. I had 2 total floor wetting experiences in hospital. I then made sure I made very regular trips to the loo (like every 30 mins-1hr). I wore tenalady/towels for any accidents for a few weeks and saw a physio every 2-4 weeks for 6 months. It's important to see a physio, although I don't think they start any internal checks of muscle strength til everything has calmed down after a month or so maybe. Hope that helps. Guess what i'm saying is yes, mention it to your physio, and then in a month or so she might do some checks (or guess it might have got better anyway).

I was really glum too- it was the last thing I expected to happen and i thought i was going to be using tena lady for ever, but it did get better (still occassional stress incontinence) and there are also surgical procedures as a last resort.

i had a couple of those in the hospital as well pulapula

the physio said not to go for the sake of it though; rather wait till I need and then practice pelvic floors to hold it in till I get there....easier said than done with stitches, bad piles and a flight of stairs between me and the loo!

I'll give it until the appointment next Friday and hopefully will see some improvement over the next few days.

i had a baby 11 weeks agolhad the coil put back in about 3 weeks ago.so embarassing as when i have intercourse i lose bladder control.went for my postnatal check last week,gp is going to send me for a scan to check the position of the coil.my husband wasnt convinced by this,he asked me why i hadnt asked if it was normal/common.At the time of the appointment,it wasnt long before i had to go to pick my daughter up from school.Feel so embarassed about it.Can anyone else tell me something positive please.

I had the same thing - horrible forceps delivery, huge tear, bad (BAD) swelling, and incontinence. Mine was both bladder and bowel. Same as you - couldn't feel my bladder getting full, and it overflowed whenever I sat up while in hospital. Once at home, wore incontinence pads. The bowel incontinence only happened when I had a few episodes of diarrhea (solid bowels I could hang onto and run to the bathroom), but it lasted into the 6th month after I had DS. My bladder can still be a bit dodgy, I go to the loo on a regular basis just to make sure it doesn't get too full. Was finally referred to a physio (you NEED to go - she told me you can see one who helps you work on the internal musculature at 6 weeks post-partum), and that helped a lot. She recommended a tool called the Educator to help me be able to sense my pelvic muscles again - I was numb for months and had a really hard time with the exercises. They're made in the UK, www.mobiliseducator.com. (I hope it's .com). Don't delay getting this looked into, the longer your muscles aren't working the harder it is to get them going again and you don't want this to drag on as long as mine did.

Oh... I'm so sorry... you asked for something positive and my post was horrible and depressing!!
Well, for something positive, once I got the Educator and started using it obsessively, things really improved in a hurry. Good luck!! This is all pretty awful, I know... will be thinking of you!!
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