Table 1 Urinary stress incontinence before, during and 3 months after pregnancy in 835 women delivering vaginally without or with a previous vaginal birth, and in 104 primiparous women delivering by Caesarean.*
Urinary stress incontinence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
before pregnancy | third trimester | 3 mo. postpartum | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
1 st vaginal birth (N = 467) | ||||||
None | 392 | 83.9 | 190 | 41.1 | 322 | 68.8 |
Less than once per week | 62 | 13.3 | 168 | 36.4 | 99 | 21.2 |
One to six times per week | 6 | 1.3 | 72 | 15.6 | 34 | 7.3 |
Once daily | 4 | 0.9 | 17 | 3.7 | 8 | 1.7 |
More than once daily | 3 | 0.6 | 15 | 3.3 | 5 | 1.1 |
Repeat vaginal birth (N = 367) | ||||||
None | 250 | 68.1 | 89 | 24.3 | 232 | 63.2 |
Less than once per week | 93 | 25.3 | 145 | 39.5 | 98 | 26.7 |
One to six times per week | 14 | 3.8 | 78 | 21.3 | 24 | 6.5 |
Once daily | 6 | 1.6 | 28 | 7.6 | 2 | 0.5 |
More than once daily | 4 | 1.1 | 27 | 7.4 | 11 | 3.0 |
1 st Caesarean section (N = 104) | ||||||
None | 87 | 83.7 | 46 | 44.2 | 92 | 88.5 |
Less than once per week | 15 | 14.4 | 34 | 32.7 | 10 | 9.6 |
One to six times per week | 2 | 1.9 | 17 | 16.4 | 1 | 1.0 |
Once daily | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.8 | 1 | 1.0 |
More than once daily | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 |