
PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH ARE ALWAYS A DIFFERENT JOURNEY FOR EACH MOTHER.
Some have no issues and others run into ‘speed bumps’. These ‘speed bumps’ can be varied and worrisome at times, impacting on self-esteem, quality of life and your relationship with your partner.
In a recent article released March 8 2017, by the Australian Continence Foundation, it stated that “new mums have a 37{7a2eb471754f58cbf59baa93ee81dc7b74d186cb2e306188f39c85ba863dbab8} chance of experiencing incontinence post birth and that 47{7a2eb471754f58cbf59baa93ee81dc7b74d186cb2e306188f39c85ba863dbab8} of those are still affected at 6 months”. They went on to report that “as many as 1:4 report faecal urgency or incontinence in late pregnancy and post birth, with 1:5 still reporting issues at 12 months post birth”.
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