Vaginal Rejuvenation Awareness Day

Having a baby is a period of joy for most women, however in some cases having a baby can also be the start of very uncomfortable and embarrassing problems such as urinary incontinence, lack of sexual pleasure and disfigurement of the vagina due to the destructive effect that vaginal childbirth can have in a woman’s birth canal. Unfortunately, the problem often goes ignored because women are embarrassed to talk to their doctors and partners about the effects that childbirth had in their vaginas. This is why in an effort to support mother’s rights Vaginal surgery.info has announced their first Annual Vaginal Rejuvenation Day which will take place on Friday 30^th of April 2010.

The Vaginal rejuvenation awareness day aims to create a place where women feel safe and confident to discuss their gynaecological problems. They are also aiming to bring awareness to the fact that millions of mothers suffer in silence everyday from stress urinary incontinence and bladder or uterine prolapse.

According to Vanessa Scott, vaginal surgery consultant and founder of Vaginal-Surgery.info, "90% of the women I meet with have never talked about this problem with anybody else, not even their husband or partner. I believe that information and knowledge are the first steps to empowering these women."

Anybody can participate in the 1st Annual Vaginal Rejuvenation Awareness Day by doing the following:

1. On Friday, April 30, 2010, visit the Vaginal Rejuvenation site
2. Click on the links to Vaginal Rejuvenation Awareness Day to:

• Give your opinion on vaginal rejuvenation.
• Ask questions about vaginal rejuvenation.
• Add your responses to our online polls.
• Share your thoughts and comments.
• Read what others have written to expand your own understanding.

Although Vaginal rejuvenation has been highly publicized as a surgery for having better sex or getting a “designer vagina” it is also a surgical procedure able to solve problems such as Stress urinary incontinence and prolapse issues.  A vaginal rejuvenation procedure can help a woman to regain power of her life allowing her to do normal activities which they cannot do due to their incontinence problems.   Tightening of the vagina and better sex is usually secondary for these women whose main concern is to have a normal life where they can stop wearing incontinence sanitary pads for their everyday routine. 

Urinary incontinence is an under-reported and under-diagnosed issue affecting women of all ages. There are several reasons to trigger urinary incontinence but the risk of being stress incontinent increases two to three times following pregnancy and vaginal childbirth.  Statistically, over a third of moms suffer from urinary incontinence right after natural childbirth.  It can take anything between a couple of weeks to several months before a woman regains full control of her bladder. 

According to the Urologic Nursing -June 2008- Stress urinary incontinence is the most common type of incontinence in women of childbearing age because during pregnancy the increased weight of the uterus presses against the bladder and pelvic floor.  In addition, the stress of a vaginal delivery can weaken muscles needed for bladder control. 

Some of the factors that increase the risk of urinary incontinence in mothers are:

• Having a vaginal birth
• Urinary incontinence during pregnancy
• Having a large baby
• Having several babies
• Assisted vaginal delivery particularly with the use of forceps.

Apart from going to the toilet often to avoid having a full bladder, regularly using sanitary pads to protect your clothes from urine leaks and practising Kegel exercises you could talk to your doctor about the benefits of vaginal rejuvenation surgery to solve your problem.

Disclaimer:

Any medical information published on this website is not intended as a substitute for informed medical advice and you should not take any action before consulting with a health care professional.