More than half of women face incontinence decades after giving birth – study

The study suggests pregnancy and childbirth can have a lasting affect on a woman’s body (PA)

A high proportion of women experience urinary and faecal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse up to 26 years after giving birth, research has found.

The study by Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) found 61% of women surveyed had recently experienced urinary incontinence, 22% had faecal incontinence and 17% had prolapse symptoms.