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What's the Link Between Urinary Incontinence and Postpartum Depression?

Postpartum Depression is a medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think, and how you act.

It typically arises due to a combination of hormonal changes, psychological adjustment to motherhood, and fatigue. Postpartum depression is said to affect between 5-20% of mothers depending on variable socioeconomic factors. Many people associate urinary incontinence as a common postpartum symptom. Prevalence of postpartum urinary incontinence figures vary due to diverse study formats, however it is predicted that bladder leakage is experienced in a quarter to half of all postpartum women.

In recent years, studies have concluded there is a strong link between both postpartum depression and urinary incontinence postpartum.