sartresue wrote:
Padding around topic
If a woman has urination problems after menopause she should get this evaluated by a professional. This is
not normal.
I am glad my "meno" has "paused" for good. 39 years of bleeding monthly (except for pregnancies) was enough!

when a woman has had a child, there develops a little U in the urethra, a couple of drops to a couple of teaspoons of urine can collect in this U and when using muscles to cough, laugh or sneeze, or simply standing up the U becomes a J and out squirts the urine. Pads (or napkins, as I was taught to call it) are handy for this occurrance.
I have been dealing with this before menopause, I just happen to be post menopausal when I am mentioning it to the board. I am not going in for surgery to correct this, and millions of other women are not either. Not everyone has the luxury of 'being evaluated by a professional' you know.
Merle
Have you tried exercising your vaginal muscles? I know a couple of women about your age who've had similar problems but this has helped them a lot, because it also strengthens the muscles that keep bladder, urethra etc under your control