Chantelle's Story
Why Mums Don't Jump
English - March 10, 2021 02:00 - 28 minutes - 23.5 MBMedicine Health & Fitness Society & Culture Personal Journals pelvic floor incontinence prolapse women’s health postnatal mums pelvic organ prolapse pelvic pain hypertonic pelvic floor menopause Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
(TW: birth injury, forceps, trauma, surgery)
Bowel incontinence after childbirth. It's a taboo within a taboo. But it's not uncommon. The charity, MASIC (Mothers with Anal Sphincter Injuries in Childbirth) says 1 in 10 women who have a vaginal delivery will have problems holding either poo or wind.
In this episode, Helen meets up with Chantelle, a mum from Manchester who is charting her journey with birth injury and bowel or faecal incontinence on Instagram as @tears_from_tearing. They discuss a difficult birth, treatment, supporting other mums and how we shouldn't be ashamed to talk about it:
‘Everybody poos. It's a normal bodily function. It's just...mine's gone a bit wrong at the minute’
Chantelle is @tears_from_tearing on Instagram
The charity MASIC can be found here
The Birth Trauma Association website is here
Find Helen @whymumsdontjump on Instagram and Twitter or at www.whymumsdontjump.com