Chronic Pelvic Pain: Care Instructions

Pelvic pain in women is pain below the belly button. Chronic pelvic pain means you have had this pain for at least 6 months. The pain can range from a mild ache that comes and goes to a steady pain that makes it hard to sleep, work, or enjoy life. It can be hard to know what causes this pain. You …

Learning About Mittelschmerz (Pain During Ovulation)

What is Mittelschmerz? Mittelschmerz is pain a woman might feel on one side of the belly once a month while she is ovulating. The pain is usually mild. It’s a sign that she’s released an egg from one of her ovaries. A woman is most fertile-and more likely to get pregnant-when she ovulates. Mittelschmerz can be used to plan when …

Vaginal Prolapse Care Instructions

Your Care Instructions for Vaginal Prolapse When the top of the vagina sags near or through the opening of the vagina, it is called vaginal prolapse. This may happen after surgery to remove the uterus. This is because the uterus no longer supports the vagina. Vaginal prolapse may cause you to leak urine or stool. Or you may have trouble passing …

Urge Incontinence in Women

Care Instructions for Urge Incontinence in Women Urge incontinence occurs when the need to urinate is so strong that you cannot reach the toilet in time, even when your bladder contains only a small amount of urine. This is also called overactive bladder or unstable bladder. Some women may have no warning before they leak urine. This condition does not …