Recommendations and future research initiative to optimize bladder management in pregnancy and childbirth International Consultation on Incontinence - Research society 2018.

With increasing birth rates globally, obstetric bladder care and long term pelvic floor dysfunction continues to be a issue. This paper aims to provide an overview of the concerns in the antenatal, intrapartum an post partum periods and presents recommendation for the research requirements necessary and education to challenge current practice.