Leaking after birth is common. A review often cited for the first year puts UI around 31% from 6 weeks to 1 year. ESTIMATE from a paper, not a site statistic. Common ≠ squeeze more.
Literacy only. Does not diagnose prolapse or a gap. Does not assess a contraction from a comment. Does not heal.
What named bodies allow us to say
- ACOG: PFMT can start immediately.
- WHO: daily PFMT may reduce UI risk.
- NICE: supervised PFMT first-line for stress/mixed UI, ≥3 months, by a physio.
- CSEP 2025: daily; PF physio for technique.
- NHS-style: try a gentle squeeze; see GP/PT if leaking, heaviness, or obvious tummy gap persists.
Do not just squeeze harder if: leak on lift/jump/sneeze; heaviness or bulge; cannot feel a contraction or squeezing worsens symptoms; 3rd/4th-degree tear or assisted birth unchecked; tummy gap still obvious at 8 weeks. Those are book-a-person signs.
Will not: heal prolapse, close a 4-finger gap, diagnose width from a photo, replace specialist physio, “Kegels fix everything.”
If the start page is green and there are no stop signs, try A session you can finish if the nap dies at minute 12. Leaking or heaviness during that session ends it.
Information only. 17 Aug 2026.