Urinary Incontinence

Many a professional chef will tell you that the hardest part of their job is not the challenge of creating tasty new dishes. Rather, it’s the long hours they’re forced to put in. “You work nights, weekends and holidays, so it’s tough,” Kathleen Szabo points out. Those long, difficult hours are what drove Kathleen out of the profession. “I was […]

On her first day back at work following the birth of her second child two years ago, Amber* received a bouquet of sunflowers, sent by her husband. Immediately upon delivery, Amber thought, This is both a blessing and a curse. “I love sunflowers,” Amber explains. “They’re my favorite to look at. But I also hate them because they make me […]

Since her son and daughter went off to college a couple of years ago, Deb Beacham has been devoting a little more of her free time to herself. For Deb, that means playing tennis in the mornings and taking long walks along the beach with her dog, Jade, in the evenings. “I also plan to take up golf again this […]

“Like Donna*, many women who have had children have weakened pelvic floor muscles. Childbirth is very tough on those muscles, and they often lose some of their firmness and strength as a result,” Dr. Lupo asserts. “That can ultimately lead to incontinence symptoms such as urgency and leakage. Women then start to lose urine when they laugh or do light […]