Activities

[David]

I was just wondering if incontinence prevents anybody out there male or female young or not so young from doing any activity hobby or job I would be interested to hear about it.

[Alyssa]

I used to love to jump on trampolines. With stress incontinence you can pretty much kiss that goodbye. I have tried to use pads but with all the maneuver's my kids and I like to do it doesn't always seem to work enough to where I feel confident. So now I take them to the trampoline park and watch.

I still play volleyball but find sometimes if I come down super hard from a block or if I get knocked down that I can have leakage. I hope to be able to play for a long time, we will see though.

I have known women that have leakage just from laughing too hard.

[David]

Hi Alyssa how many children do you have and how old are they do they know about your incontinence, can you not use a more absorbant pad so you can use the trampolene without leaking there are other things I would like to ask about but iam not sure if they would be appropiate to the forum,iam naturally inquisitive and would talk about anything but you just don't know what the age profile of guests viewing the posts are.

[Alyssa]

I have two children and they are both in elementary school. No, they do not know about my stress incontinence. They have already heard so many horror stories about my preganancies I didn't want to add more to their plate. And they both are such curious children they would want to know why and how I got stress incontinence and of course it was due to pregnancy. I wouldn't want my kids feeling guilty for something that really had nothing to do with them.

I could probably try other pads, but I often personally find them to be so uncomfortable and they often will rub me raw in certain areas if I was to be that active. We often play volleyball and soccer while jumping so we are diving and jumping at weird angles and coming down so hard on the trampolines. I guess it really comes to down to that it hasn't bothered me enough to find a solution to it yet, I am sure there is a product that would work.

[David]

You seem to be a pretty active lady good for you for not letting incontinence hold you back.

[Alyssa]

Thanks! With anything in life it's your attitude. I refuse to let anything get in my way, not only for me personally but also as an example for my kids.

[David]

Your dead right and even if that was a message we got to even one person this forum is successfull.