I Peed in My Pants While I Was at the Gym

The postpartum accidents no one talks about, and how to avoid them

After giving birth, and spending the first few weeks walking up and down our little town, pushing a pram, praying for my little one to have a decent nap, I was looking forward to being able to get back to exercising and have some time only for myself. I saw my husband coming back home energised and sweaty after a long run under the scorching weather, and I envied that feeling of power, and freedom that runs through his body. I simply wanted to feel the same way.

After the 6th week check-up, and after finding out that I was healing fine, I decided to put my gym shoes on and go back to moving my body, following all the pre-pregnancy videos I used to enjoy. It didn’t take me long to understand my body had changed completely.
The muscles that once adorned my legs were completely gone, leaving a trail of saggy and wobbly skin. My core was non-existent and the lungs still didn’t know how to go back and breathe as they used to. During that first gym cardio session I still powered through, as I was adamant to log in a good and sweaty workout (also, I didn’t know any better), and between a jump squat and a jumping jack, I felt something warm and moist between my legs.