While you wait...
Lots of women have bladder leaking and no one wants to talk about it. And then when you bring it up to your doctor, you're stuck waiting months to see a specialist. I'm Sarah Boyles, an experienced board-certified Urogynecologist and each week I'll combine medicine, science and my expertise to help you understand your bladder and your body and what you can do to get started!
While you wait...
Your first step...
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Sarah Boyles
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Season 1
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Episode 2
The first step is to determine why you are leaking. There are different reasons that women leak. They are:
~stress urinary incontinence
~urgency urinary incontinence
~mixed urinary incontinence
~overflow urinary incontinence
Different types of leaking are treated in different ways. Usually we make the diagnosis based on your story. You can use a bladder diary to get to know your symptoms better. (here is an example of a bladder diary https://www.yourpelvicfloor.org/media/Bladder_Diary-5.pdf)
There is also a diagnosis helper on my website (https://the-womens-bladder-doctor.involve.me/typeofincontinence)
