TOWIE Star Ferne McCann Gets Real About Bladder Leaks And Therapy
Ferne McCann exudes confidence. But, like many of us, the former cast-member of The Only Way Is Essex has faced her crises of confidence.
And they didn’t get harder than shortly after the birth of her daughter Sunday, when she started suffering bladder leaks. She’d leak when she sneezed, lifted something heavy or went on a long car journey. “It’s uncomfortable, it’s embarrassing,” the 29-year-old tells HuffPost UK. “But I feel like it’s only embarrassing because not enough people are talking about it.”
At first, McCann would joke with friends that she’d sneeze and a little bit of wee would come out, but the problem soon worsened to the point where it would prevent her from doing normal, everyday things. It was a tough time. At just 27, she was struggling with something she’d never even heard of. And the experience left her feeling “really rubbish and unsexy”, she admits.
Plucking up the courage to speak to her personal trainer about it, she was advised to see a women’s physiotherapist. And it was then she found out she had a prolapsed bladder, where the front wall supporting the bladder weakens and it starts to descend into the vagina.
It all sounded scary but then the physio told her she needed to start doing pelvic floor exercises and – empowered with the knowledge that things could improve – McCann vowed to make these exercises a key part of her daily routine – as second nature as washing her makeup off.
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A prolapsed bladder can happen as a result of childbirth, but it can also occur naturally over time, particularly around menopause when hormone levels drop. Symptoms include urinary difficulties, discomfort and leaks caused by everyday activities like sneezing, coughing, physical exertion. McCann says she prefers to use the term “bladder...
