Jana Pittman is a world champion, doctor and mother - and suffers incontinence. She's one of the five million Australians that have continence issues.
In 2021, Jana was a contestant in SAS Australia, a reality show that puts participants through gruelling physical challenges.Following a hard 5km run, burpees, squats and jumps, Pittman felt herself fatiguing, and she became unable to hold on with her bladder."I was running along and I thought ‘god, this is going to be so embarrassing’."
Following the exercise, Pittman had her head bowed on the show, whispering to a fellow contestant, "I just pissed myself on that run"."Women at home need to know that after you have a baby you don't have a good pelvic floor if you try hard," she said on the show."I could have hidden it, no one would have known, just like I did the World Championships 10 years previously.
Reflecting on her first pregnancy, she said the impact of the exercise she maintained during the final trimester was too intensive on her pelvic floor, which caused the damage leading to incontinence. "To be honest, I can jump on a trampoline now, and sneeze without discomfort — as long as I keep up with my physio activities."
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