Postpartum urinary incontinence can recover by itself

A few people with postpartum urinary incontinence can recover on their own, but most people cannot.

Female postpartum urinary incontinence is mainly caused by excessive expansion of pelvic floor muscles and ligaments during childbirth, which relaxes the tissues supporting the bladder floor and urethra. A few women recover with their bodies. The relaxed muscles and ligaments will gradually return to normal, so the symptoms of postpartum urinary incontinence will also recover on their own. However, most women's postpartum pelvic floor muscles and ligaments that are relaxed cannot return to normal on their own, so the symptoms of postpartum urinary incontinence will persist.

If women develop symptoms of postpartum urinary incontinence, it is recommended to do anal levator exercises frequently to improve pelvic floor muscle strength.