After childbirth, many women experience involuntary urination when exercising, coughing, sneezing or laughing which is called urinary stress incontinence. Women who delivered their child naturally have a 50% greater chance of developing incontinence after childbirth than women who had a Caesarean delivery.
The weight of the expanding vaginal and the natural process of childbirth causes the weakening of the pelvic floor muscles leading to urinary stress incontinence.
Vaginal dryness often leads to irritation, burning, and painful intercourse, which is commonly experienced by women after menopause or in the years leading up to it.
This is due to the decrease in estrogen hormone production as estrogen is responsible for maintaining vaginal lubrication, elasticity, and thickness. Lower estrogen levels result in thinning, dryness, and inflammation of the vaginal walls, a condition known as vaginal atrophy.
Moreover, the loss of collagen and elastin through aging causes a decrease in vaginal mucosal elasticity and loss of its optimum structural form leading to lower levels of sexual gratification.