Stress Urinary Incontinence is something that I knew nothing about until my friends started having children. Then there were the jokes about sneezing, jumping on a trampoline and how life had changed in more ways than just becoming a mom. Pregnancy is hard on the body and for many of us it makes changes you were not ready for and really didn’t want to have to talk about. Lucky for us, Poise Impressa Bladder Supports were created to tackle the problem of Stress Urinary Incontinence in a unique and innovative way.
Poise Impressa Bladder Supports can be worn for up to eight hours in a 24 hour period and provide support whenever stress is transferred from the abdomen to the pelvic floor. Its available in three sizes to ensure the proper fit and varying levels of support. When starting to use Poise Impressa make sure that you begin with Size 1 and if no leakage you’ve found the right support. Jumping to a size two or three right away might be uncomfortable and ineffective.
Talking about Stress Urinary Incontinence with Dr. Berman
We had the opportunity to ask Dr. Jennifer Berman questions about stress urinary incontinence. You’ve probably seen her as a recurring co-host on the Emmy award-winning talk show, “The Doctors.” She is also a practicing urologist with specialized training in female urology and female sexual medicine.
Q: What is the most common cause of Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) and are women all aware that they suffer from SUI?
A: Women that suffer from Stress Urinary Incontinence are aware that they have the issue because it’s leakage of urine outside of the body without control. Stress Urinary Incontinence is leakage of urine with any increased pressure on the abdomen that can occur from things such as coughing, laughing, sneezing, jumping or any exertional activity like exercise or lifting. The most common causes of SUI are aging, menopause, childbirth and obesity.
Q: What is the number one myth you hope you can dispel by educating women about SUI?
A: I think the one thing that I want to dispel isn’t necessarily a myth, but this idea that Stress Urinary Incontinence is a taboo subject that women need to be ashamed, embarrassed or silent about. People think that nobody else is suffering from it, or that they’re alone with the problem, or that there’s nothing that can be done. Stress Urinary Incontinence happens, and it’s something that can be dealt with.
Q: Why do you believe Poise Impressa Bladder Supports are the best defense against SUI?
A: I think that the Poise Impressa Bladder Supports are really the only effective defense or protection against bladder leaks that exist right now. They’re disposable and don’t require a prescription. So until there’s a competing product, this really is the only effective over-the-counter treatment. There are other vaginal inserts referred to as pessaries, but those are more to deal with bladder prolapse or uterine prolapse. The Poise Impressa is directed solely towards urethra support in the same way that a surgical urethra sling would be.
What questions do you still have about Poise Impressa or Stress Urinary Incontinence?
Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Poise. As always, all opinions are my own.
Thankfully I don’t have LBL issues, but there is a group of ladies in my zumba class that groan anytime a song with jumps come on :)
I had no idea that stress urinary incontinence was so common. I’m glad there are options like this available to help people who have to deal with it.
I need to look into these stat! Just picking up one of my chunky monkey toddlers makes me leak!
What helpful and useful information. I tell you, after three kids my bladder is not what it used to be :) Thanks for sharing
I love that Poise is helping to bring awareness to this!! This sound slike a great product for anyone struggling with incontinence
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This is great. A few years ago this was a subject no one talked about. It’s great having some attention brought to it. I have some LBL when pregnant which is not fun at all.
This is so wonderful, I love that Poise really seems to have a great product line for this. Thanks for sharing more about urinary incontinence so it is not a hush-hush topic anymore.
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I love that we’re all finally talking about issues that have been around forever. Cheers for Poise for thinking about women and creating such a clever product!
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There are so many women out there that suffer from LBL. This looks like a great product to help them. I will have to share this with my girlfriends.
What a great product from Poise for women who have to deal with SUI. I’m sure it’s a relief to have a solution to an annoying issue like that.
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This is a really serious issue and I’m glad there’s a product to help people with this problem!
poise created something very special when they created these. i know several women who feel like they got their lives back when they started using them.
These are so cool. What a great solution to a problem so many struggle with!
After my son I suffered with this. I was able to heal when I lost weight and strengthened my pelvic muscles.
I’m just so glad we have evolved to a place where we can talk about these issues !
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This is definitely something a lot of women have to deal whit. Glad there are discrete ways to deal with it!