I am due to see the consultant again this week. I am 48 and started leaking after the birth of my 3rd child and this became much worse after birth of my last child only 17 months later when I was 42. I have had the urodynamics test and that proved what I already knew that I have stress incontinence. Went through the same process a couple of years ago and decided against the operation then but things have got worse despite losing lots of weight and no end of pelvic floor exercises. I know that he will advise me to have the TVT operation done. I really don't know what to do . I have read up about it and the recovery time is much worse than I thought. Also the fact that there is not a general anaesthetic but a spinal block which scares the life out of me. Feel under a lot of pressure to have it done as I can't carry on the way I am but what else is there. There has been a lot of bad press about the procedure recently in the press. Has anyone got any good experiences about it ? Anyone wished they never had it done ? Can the tape be felt during sex ? Last appointment the consultant was full of praise for the operation and wouldn't have a bad word said about it. Anyone out there with any experiences to help me make a decision.