Why can’t I hold my urine after giving birth?

Urinary incontinence is a common occurrence in children, which is what we often call bed-wetting, but in fact adults can also experience urinary incontinence, especially postpartum women. Many women have trouble holding their urine after giving birth and are prone to urinary incontinence. What is going on? In the following article, we will talk about the reasons why you can’t hold your urine after childbirth.

The inability of the bladder to maintain control over urination and the involuntary loss of urine is called urinary incontinence. If a woman's pelvic floor muscles are damaged and weakened, she may suffer from urinary incontinence. Postpartum stress urinary incontinence refers to the involuntary discharge of urine when the abdominal pressure is greater than the maximum urethral pressure in the absence of detrusor contraction. It often occurs when abdominal pressure increases due to coughing, exercise, etc. It is often caused by delivery and birth trauma that cause damage to the bladder neck and urethral supporting structure, damage and relaxation of the connective tissue around the urethra, and excessive urethral activity.

1. Fertility damage

This is one of the main causes of stress urinary incontinence. The muscles at the pelvic floor of women relax during pregnancy and childbirth, which changes the normal position of the bladder and urethra and reduces the urethra's ability to control urine. Therefore, many mothers will leak urine as long as their abdominal pressure increases and the bladder is compressed by any movement that exerts force on their abdomen (such as coughing, laughing, jumping, bending over, etc.).

2. Hormone changes

During pregnancy, mechanical and hormonal changes cause changes in renal physiology, most commonly resulting in increased urination frequency and stress incontinence. Other symptoms during pregnancy include urinary urgency, incontinence, incomplete emptying of urine, and slow stream.

3. Others

The increase in stress urinary incontinence during pregnancy is argued to be a result of damage to the fascia, ligaments, pelvic floor muscles and nerves that support and control the bladder neck and urethra.

4. High-risk groups

The incidence rate is higher in women who are older, have given birth to multiple babies, have had multiple miscarriages, are older or are overweight.

The article introduces some reasons why mothers cannot hold their urine, which will have a great impact on their life and work. Therefore, it is very important to take care of your body after childbirth. After giving birth, mothers should pay more attention to bed rest and eat more foods that help wound recovery. And you should pay more attention to exercising your bladder muscles.