What: Kailyn McCord writes for The Cut about her months-long struggle with pelvic prolapse postpartum, and having clinicians dismiss it as the normal recovery process, even though she was experiencing daily incontinence (and many other symptoms) months after delivery.
Key Line: “On one level, I was relieved to finally get a diagnosis… that I had a permanent, lifelong condition… prolapse is something of women’s health’s last best-kept secret…”
Source: The Cut
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