Incontinence After Childbirth: What Are My Options?

So much of your life changes after you give birth. Between caring for your newborn and navigating your body’s adjustments after pregnancy, you have a lot on your plate. 

That can make incontinence — or involuntary urine leakage — particularly annoying. When you’re already in a busy and likely tiring season, extra trips to the bathroom or needing to change are the last things you need. 

Fortunately, if you’re dealing with incontinence after childbirth, you’re not stuck. Jean Johnson, MD, offers EMSELLA® treatment at Rejuvenation For Her in Weston, Florida. This technology uses electromagnetic energy to rehabilitate and restore your pelvic floor. Additionally, EMSELLA offers a comfortable, noninvasive option to address incontinence. 

Addressing postpartum incontinence at its root

About half of women deal with some type of incontinence after giving birth. For some, a small amount of urine leaks out after laughing, sneezing, coughing, or lifting something heavy. For others, the incontinence manifests as a more frequent need to go to the bathroom to relieve their bladder. 

Why does this happen? Because pregnancy and childbirth take a toll on your pelvic floor. With a loosened pelvic floor, you lose bladder control. 

For some women, this postpartum incontinence gets better in a few weeks. If you’re still struggling with this issue, you have options. Some women choose to get anterior colporrhaphy, or surgery to correct the tissue in the vaginal wall. 

Or, you can choose EMSELLA, an FDA-cleared, noninvasive treatment option that simply requires you to sit in a specialized chair. EMSELLA directs high-intensity focused electromagnetic (HIFEM®) energy through your clothes and skin into your pelvic floor. 

Both colporrhaphy and EMSELLA treat postpartum incontinence at its root: your weakened pelvic floor. Compared to surgery to correct urinary incontinence, though, EMSELLA gives you a safer, more comfortable option with a much shorter recovery window. 

What to expect with EMSELLA

During EMSELLA treatment, you sit fully clothed in a specialized chair as the chair sends HIFEM energy into your pelvic floor. That stimulates muscle contractions similar to Kegel exercises. A single EMSELLA session creates thousands of Kegel-like contractions. 

You might experience tingling sensations during treatment, but it shouldn’t be uncomfortable. Each EMSELLA session lasts about 30 minutes. 

Dr. Johnson tailors a treatment plan to you. For most women with postpartum incontinence, twice-weekly sessions for a few weeks are enough to restore their pelvic floor. 

There’s no downtime after treatment. You can return to your usual activities right away. 

If you want to explore this noninvasive way to target your postpartum incontinence, don’t hesitate to schedule an EMSELLA consultation with Dr. Johnson. Call our office or use our online tool to book an appointment today.