148: Her Health and Happiness with Jenni Russell - Episode 148148: Her Health and Happiness with Jenni Russell - Episode 148
UK Health Radio Podcast
Jenny Russell talks with NHS lead Paul Moran and case study guest Lisa Buggy Lynch about stress urinary incontinence, Bulkamid and pelvic floor health. Their conversation highlights the emotional, physical and workplace impact of bladder issues and shares options that some women report finding helpful beyond pads and pants.
48:33•29 Jun 2026
Her Health and Happiness: Saying Goodbye to Pads, Pants and Containment
Episode Overview
- Women should not feel they must prove their level of suffering before seeking help for bladder problems.
- Pelvic floor physiotherapy is a key first step, and should be guided by a specialist rather than generic guidance.
- Bulkamid offers a brief outpatient option for stress urinary incontinence, with many women returning to normal activity quickly.
- Relying on pads, pants and containment can hide the issue while limiting confidence, movement, relationships and social life.
- Hydration avoidance and bathroom anxiety are common coping strategies that can harm overall health and productivity.
“Your worth was never determined by how much you leak.”
What drives someone to seek a life that feels confident, comfortable and leak‑free? Her Health and Happiness with Jenny Russell takes that question seriously, focusing this episode on stress urinary incontinence and why women deserve better than “pads, pants and containment”. Jenny opens with warmth and humour, sharing her own grief, faith and belief that every woman is “blessed and highly favoured” and “a magnet for miracles”.
From there, she challenges the idea that women must prove they’re suffering enough before getting help: “You shouldn’t have to prove that you leak enough before you take action.” Regional NHS lead Paul Moran explains stress urinary incontinence and introduces Bulkamid, a quick outpatient procedure he calls “sticky water”.
He outlines how four tiny injections into the urethra can reduce leaking when women “cough, sneeze, lift, laugh, have sex or go to the gym”, stressing that proper pelvic floor physiotherapy should always come first and that real choice and clear information belong with the patient, not the surgeon.
Case study guest Lisa Buggy Lynch shares how leaking started after her third birth, how two and a half years of physio and other products still left her reliant on pads, and the relief she felt when Bulkamid worked within days. Buying her first pair of white jeans and exercising without planning around leaks becomes a small but powerful symbol of getting her life back.
Jenny broadens the conversation to workplace impact, dehydration as a coping strategy, the emotional toll of incontinence products, and the need for pelvic health programmes alongside menopause and menstrual support. Her core message is simple and strong: your worth has nothing to do with age, symptoms or how long you’ve suffered in silence, and you don’t have to settle for mere survival. If bladder issues are shaping your choices, could this be the moment you start asking for more?
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