And just a few years ago, I heard a not-so-pretty revelation at a women only dinner party. Six ladies all fessed up to the same problem: When they sneezed, sometimes they leaked!
So I fessed up too.
The first time this sneezing and leaking happened to me, I was shocked. Mortified. Horrified.
Research!
Kegels. That’s what the websites told me to do.
So I did kegels… for a while. But doing kegels gets old, just like ironing handkerchiefs must have gotten old since not many women carry hankies anymore.
Then I had a false alarm with pelvic floor prolapse. Yikes! More research informed me that kegels are key to maintaining pelvic floor stability.
So I started doing kegels again. Lots of them. Kegels, kegels, kegels…
And now I sneeze with confidence.
Give kegels a try!
Achoo!
Any other kegel stories out there? Do fess up.
More About Kegels: Many medical websites provide info on kegels. Here’s a how-to guide from the Mayo Clinic. Of course, check with your doctor whenever you have a medical concern.
Photo: The handkerchiefs above belonged to my mom and my mother-in-law. Google “antique” or” vintage handkerchiefs” to see more hankies of yesteryear such as these on the site of Sharon’s Antiques.
P.S. Sorry about the creases. I should have gotten out the iron…
To read more posts by Barbara, check out her blog: http://friendfortheride.com
Barbara Younger
Barbara Younger blogs from her home in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Along with Friend for the Ride: Encouraging Words for the Menopause Roller Coaster (http://friendfortheride.com), she writes books for children and adults. She lives in an old house with her husband Cliff. and collections of everything from dolls to buttons to bookmarks. She's the mother of two grown daughters and the grandmother to one adorable baby boy!
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I absolutely love this blog! It’s really made me giggle – I defy any woman over a certain age, having had children, not to identify with this!!!
on November 2, 2011 at 2:02 pm Deborah Mason