Dr Orla Conlon

A simple thing as well, like putting a tampon in, basically a little bit of support underneath the urethra.

So say, for example, so the urethra is the neck of the womb or the neck of the bladder.

Sorry, I talk about wombs a lot too.

And I could talk about this all day, as you can see.

But so a little tampon can be very useful, not when you're having your period, but it just gives that little bit of support if you were going for a walk so that when you cough or sneeze or walk, you know, it helps support the urethra.

Pelvic floor physio is the first part of the story.

And in Ireland here, there are an amazing group of experts, of physiotherapists who specialise in the pelvic floor.

And I mean, a lot of the time you don't need anything more than that, but that can be life changing.

But then we also have to make sure there's nothing pressing down from above.

And then a lot of women have incontinence and have a prolapse.

So there are other different devices, vaginal ring pessaries.

There's little other devices, continence devices that you can pop into the vagina.

again, to support the uterus, to support the prolapse and to support the bladder.

One other big thing is avoiding constipation.

So if you're really constipated, which a lot of women are and they're pushing down, you know, that's putting more pressure on the bladder.

And then other things like going to the loo.

Most women...

We call it the sandwich generation.

You're running after kids.

You're also looking after older parents.