Can pregnancy lead to bladder control problems over the long term?

Can pregnancy lead to bladder control problems over the long term?

Jennifer Anger, M.D, M.P.H. (Assistant Professor) gives expert video advice on: Now that I am pregnant, I leak urine frequently - Is that OK?; Is it normal to feel like I need to urinate all the time when I'm pregnant?; Is it true that having a baby can cause bladder control problems? and more...

It can. Often, most often, women develop stress incontinence long after the delivery. Maybe ten or twenty years later. There's quite a spectrum. Some women develop stress incontinence at the time of a delivery and it never goes away. But it usually is related to having the vaginal delivery, regardless of when the incontinence begins.