346: Pelvic Floor Health, Incontinence, Bladder Botox and Vaginal Birth Trauma - Postpartum Facts with Dr. Jocelyn Fitzgerald

Women's Wellness ON AIR WITH ELLA

Ella Lucas-Averett

Education, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Self-improvement, Alternative Health

5 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Jocelyn Fitzgerald, a Urogynecologist and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgeon, on women's pelvic floor health after childbirth, during perimenopause and after menopause. Including:

Urge incontinence and stress incontinence
Bladder Botox injections to treat incontinence
Bladder irritants - little known diet choices that may be causing bladder spasms (!!)
Vaginal estrogen for vaginal dryness and much more
Risks of childbirth and what women should know
What exercises can help?
Prolapse - how it happens and what to do about it

Connect with @jjfitzgeraldmd

Show Notes + Video Clips: www.onairella.com/post/346-pelvic-floor-health

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0:00.0	A lot of bladder irritants.
0:02.0	And not everyone.
0:03.0	Like some people have no issues with coffee.
0:05.1	They have no issues with alcohol.
0:06.8	But a lot of women do.
0:08.2	And they walk around all day, like drinking Diet Coke.
0:11.0	And it's giving them really bad bladder spasms.
0:13.4	And so that is something I spend a lot of time telling people to stop doing.
0:20.4	Welcome.
0:21.2	You're on air with Ella where we share simple strategies and tips for living a little better every day.
0:26.9	If you're interested in mindset and wellness or healthy habits and relationships,
0:31.6	or hormone health, aging well and eating well, honestly, if you're into just living better
0:36.7	and with more energy, then you're
0:38.6	in the right place. Welcome to real, honest, no-fluff conversations about creating a better you.
0:45.3	We're not here for perfect. We're here for a little better every day. Let's go.
0:52.3	Hey, you're on here with Ella, and today I am joined by Dr. Jocelyn Fitzgerald. Hey, Dr. Fitzgerald,
0:58.9	how are you? Hi, Ella. Thank you for having me. I'm so happy to be here. Dr. Fitzgerald,
1:03.4	the last time I chased someone down in Twitter with whom I had no preexisting relationship and said,
1:09.2	I need to have you on the show, was
1:11.3	actor Jenna Elfman. Do you know who she is? Oh my God. Yeah, of course. Darmah and Greg, right?
1:18.6	Yes, we love Darmah and Greg. And now she's on like The Walking Dead, I think. But you are only
1:24.0	the second person in history, Dr. Fitzgerald, that I was like, hey, you don't know me,
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