Who here actually does pelvic floor exercises??

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And how do you remind yourself?
I've just started gone back to exercise in general and got a bit of a shock when a little bit of wee came out when I ran .
I was so paranoid I hardly moved the rest of the session.
I know I need to do them, surely I can't be the only one who does 2 squeezes then starts making a shopping list in my head?
Come on, spill not wee

"I've never yet met a woman who is motivated to strengthen her bits for her man's pleasure"

Puts hand up. I do I used to like squeezing them hard whilst... you know doing it Coz he liked it. That be my ExH but he still left me for a 21 year old Barsteward. My son was only 4 weeks old when the affair begun, you need to give a lady a while to recover ya know. I was like Madmomma, huge baby, too much rummaging to get him out etc and I was uber baggy for a wee while. It's all good know though

Fizzyo - you a, ehm, physio?

There's a public service need here!

Turtle - I studied in Glasvegas. Suppose some off it rubbed off...

Don't step - fair point, I phrased it wrongly.

Of course, part of the function of the pelvic muscles is sexual pleasure - your and your partners.

There is a difference between a woman who's vice-like grip is on the slide and a woman who's anxious about leaving the house incase she wets herself. Or, who doesn't leave the house incase she wets herself.

The trick is to get the woman who's ping pong ball is only shooting half way across the room to do her blardy exercises...otherwise, with time and bad luck, she'll could be doubling up tena lady pads and unable to do a supermarket shop without going to the toilet, "just incase"

In fact, the more read this thread, the more staggered I am. How many of us are there with flappy fannies? Are the statistics totally wrong?

The stats I have branded in my brain is 40% of women over 40 - but that includes ALL women, and clearly, age increases your risk.

Hmm. Mumsnet might be a good place to get a frank picture - it's anonymous so people are more likely to be honest.

Am away to shout at my kids for a bit. And mull this over

Yes vair true. Tena lady panty liners were my friend for a while

Thanks LackaDaisycal and nankypeevy, that's really given me some hope. I will book in to see my GP next week and ask for a uro-gynae referral.

And nankypeevy will PM you for guru advice, thank you

whowilldomyhoovering you can get a variety of weights and even dumbells for your bits. Aquatone are popular, Boots sell them for about £30 off the top of my head.

Ben Wa balls are weighted balls, you'll have seen silver, chiming balls in wee silk lined boxes sold in card and gift shops for reasons unknown that you pop in and try to go about your daily business without it falling out.

Anything that's weighted that you can hold in will do the job. Though, I'd personally avoid a kettle ball or anything on the Shred videos.

ooh good thread, i try and do mine, but should do more, tho tbf i have been lucky with my 5 and never had any major issues, but def need to do more!

are there areny weights/products that are better than others? someone recomended a make beginning with M on this thread?

a recomendation would be good :)

and re writing something for mn, they have the section with info on bottle feeding, breast feeding c sections birth etc, so i think a section in there with pelvic floor inflo that can be easily linked to from the home page or chat would be very good, it needs to be easily noticeable, something bright and standoutish, with a funny title! but its def soemthing i think would be good :)

ooooh, thankyou nankypeevy and wow. totally enlightening. and i've been doing my exercises all of last night and today hahaha! especially your 'lift' idea. brilliant. just- THANKYOU!

Nanky, I think I must be in a worse way than I originally thought! Since reading your post I've been practising and I'm rubbish

I can barely feel anything when I squeeze and I can't hold it for 10. Does anyone else find they push their tongue up inot the roof of their mouth while they do them? There's no way I'd be able to hold anything weighted!! I'm going to keep holding it for as long as I can and build up. I guess it explains the problems I sometimes have when bending over or walking downhill...

Does it matter if you do the exercises sitting down? A Pilates teacher once said you need to stand up but surely anything is better than nothing?

I do pelvic floors on the loo, just to see if i can stop weeing mid flow. it's a good indicator if the exercises are working.

Happy, that's ok - just start and keep going. Do them for a week, aim for every hour and if you do them 3 times you'll deserve a pat on the...back.

You are right about the sitting down thing. You are aiming to be able to do them Martini style (crikey, that's quite probably a reference that will age me. "anytime, anyplace, anywhere") Standing is harder than sitting. Walking is harder sthan standing. Stairs is harder than walking.

But, yes, something is better than nothing.

ashley - yep, it'l show whether you can contract the muscle well enough to affect the stream of urine. But, it can cause backflow of urine into your bladder - so, don't do it every time. Just once a week, as a measure of how you are doign with the exercises.

No getting away from it - you gotta DO the blardy exercises.

Great thread. Love the idea about the rolling thread to remind us all!

I'm the same as whoever said they do them whenever they see the words "pelvic floor exercises". I did them quite a lot after DD was born but then sort of forgot about them. DP informs me that it's all back to how it was before having DD, and haven't had any leakage issues, so that's good, but I'd like to have more orgasms keep it all healthy and strong so am going to make an effort to do them more regularly.

I had heard the lift thing before but think I'm struggling to localise the mucles to stop at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors. I can only seem to stop at 1st and 2nd. (Or maybe 2nd and 3rd, I don't know!)

Thank you for all the brilliant advice and information Nanky. I have tried to get my mum to go to the doctors about her incontinence but she would rather just buy the Tena Lady. She gets all defensive and won't talk to me about it. It irritates me that, partly because of the adverts, she thinks it's a normal part of life and you just have to deal with it.

I've found an app by tena (or, theywhowillnotbenamed?) if that's helpful. It's free - the vacant looking lady is a little disturbing, but it's otherwise great.
facial expressions are optional

Thanks for the app link! I've been trying to remember to do mine as I struggle with star jumps etc during the 30 Day Shred if I've not been to the loo beforehand I've tried to do them during a specific activity (bf, teeth brushing etc), but I still can't remember to do them. I've downloaded the app and I'm going to give that a go

Grow up!

We get older, we lose some control.....BIG DEAL! Get used to using panty-liners!

It's like getting lines round your eyes and a jawline that's suddenly got saggy......Ity's AGING, dears! It happens, so get OVER IT!

except this isnt something that you have to accept and many people are not old and still suffer after childbirth etc. it is something that can be fixed, tbh i think pelvic floor health should be taught at school in the same way that they get sex education etc, start doing the exercises young and keep doing them and no it isnt something that you have to put up with!

i have been lucky tbf and never had any real issues, but i am dam well going to to make sure that i keep doing my exercises and look after my pelvic floor in the same way that you try and look after yourself in general. yes we all age but we can still try and maintain our physical health, it is for our own good.

so you go away and be a pissy knickered old person megfox if you arent bothered, i would rather do pelvic floor exercises and not need to use panty liners thanks.

Reported, Megfox.

Much better put than me 5madthings. I can't even be arsed to explain why this isn't just a pelvic floor/aging issue. I suspect megfox is 20 something and yet to have children.

Or a bloke

Hmmm take your own advice Meg love. Because pelvic floor health is essential after kids tbf, unless you're really lucky. And I would prefer not to have tena lady at 34 that's not old!

Actually Megfox you are wrong.