When I bought the Athena Pelvic Muscle Trainer, I did so as a last resort. After years of suffering from terrible incontinence, it was a "last chance" before pelvic repair surgery really. If I'm perfectly honest, I didn't hold out much hope of success but felt that it was worth a try.
I'd suffered from incontinence for a few years. I have three children and the problem became progressively worse with each birth. After my son was born 20 years ago, things weren't too bad. Sure, I used to "dribble" a little if I ran or had a really full bladder but it became part of my life, or should I say coping with it did! I was perfectly used to wearing a thin panty liner before going out on a morning. I always took a spare pair of knickers with me wherever I went, tucked away in my handbag. If ever I was out anywhere, I was always nipping to the loo. This was all just part of what I was and too be honest, I gave it little thought.
It was only after my daughter was born 16 years ago that the situation worsened dramatically. Shortly after the birth I seemed to have very little control at all. It didn't worry me too much as I assumed that by the time of my 6 week antenatal check up, things would be back to normal-how wrong I was! At the 6 week check, I was wearing the thick Tena Lady pads and urine just seemed to run from me when my bladder was full. I did all the recommended kegel exercises at first and although things improved a little, the birth of my third child a couple of years later had devastating consequences. No matter how hard I tried with the kegel exercises, things never improved. I seemed to be constantly dribbling and had hardly any control over my pelvic muscles. I was forever on the loo and must have spent thousands on pads. I felt very "unwomanly" and embarrassed about my problem. I stopped going to my much-loved aerobic classes and was always conscious that I had that horrible odour of urine around me-no matter how hard I washed.
It was actually a doctor who recommended that I try out the Athena Pelvic Muscle Trainer. I was on the waiting list for a pelvic repair operation and when we were talking, he mentioned that a number of his patients had had success using pelvic toners. I asked if he thought it would be worth me trying one in my bad state and he said it would do no harm. He "unofficially" recommended the Athenafem Pelvic Muscle Trainer.
I went ahead and bought one. It was so simple to use that I couldn't believe it was doing any good at first. The wireless design meant that I could just sit down with the family on an evening and the device did its work whilst I was watching TV. On a morning, I would use it whilst eating breakfast and catching up on GMTV! So after a couple of weeks of using it twice a day, I could tell something was changing. When I tried to clench my pelvic muscles, like you do when you do kegels, I could actually feel a slight tightening whereas before, there was no sensation at all.
About three months down the line, my control had improved dramatically. I was down to using only thin panty pads a regular basis when going out and only ever wore the thick Tena Lady pads when running or doing aerobics. After about 5 months, I had regained complete control-in fact I really couldn't believe what had happened. The Athena Pelvic Muscle Trainer had not only helped me overcome my incontinence, but my vaginal muscles had tightened up so much that my husband and I both noticed a huge difference when having intercourse. The slackness we had both noticed after having three children had simply disappeared.
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