Why am I experiencing prolapse or incontinence?
Bearing a child can contribute to incontinence or pelvic prolapse twenty years later. Watch this video with Dr. Kevin Benson of Sanford Health to learn what a woman can do after giving birth to help prevent pelvic floor disorders down the road.
Transcript
Most of the problems that we see in our office occurred 15, 20, 30 years ago.
And they were related to injuries in the birth suite.
What studies are showing now is that the act of having a baby is very hard on mom. I always say that having kids is hard
throughout your entire life. And it just changes but certainly the first real blow to a woman's health is bearing a child.
And what we know now is that most of the problems that we see in our office occurred 15, 20, 30 years ago.
And they were related to injuries in the birth suite. Obviously, people would do anything for their kids
but moms give up a lot. I always say that children should treat their moms real well on Mother's Day because they went through a lot for them.
And in particular, incontinence and prolapse are both directly related to childbearing.
When patients come in to see me, there are some ways that maybe they might not have ended up there, at least for what we know today.
And that is physical therapy subsequent to delivery, avoidance of having large babies, and perhaps the use of cesarean section in some cases
may result in fewer problems with pelvic floor disorders later in life.
womens health
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