Breaking the Silence with Bloom

There's a conversation millions of women are not having. Not with their doctors. Not with their partners. Not even with their closest friends.

It's about bladder leaks. Painful sex. Sleepless nights. Pelvic floor issues that have quietly dismantled parts of their lives, piece by piece.

Bloom was created to change that. This year, we invited members to share their experiences living with pelvic health symptoms and the progress they made after receiving clinical support and AI Care. Hundreds responded. Their stories form Breaking the Silence, a new book that brings these lived experiences forward and highlights what becomes possible when women finally receive care that works.

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What women shared with us

Our inboxes overflowed with hundreds of honest, unfiltered accounts from women who had been struggling alone, believing they were the only ones. Women who had been dismissed by providers, told their symptoms were "normal," or sent home with no real solutions. Women who had given up on activities they once loved, adjusted their entire lives around their symptoms, and stopped being intimate with their partners.

Then they found Bloom and something shifted. Not overnight, but week by week, milestone by milestone. 

Bloom’s book “Breaking the Silence” is a collection of those stories and is an invitation. When one woman tells her story, she breaks the silence not only for herself, but for all the others still waiting to find their voice. Because one voice at a time becomes a movement and finally, the silence lifts, and the world begins to heal. 

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Inside the book

Breaking the Silence features hundreds of first-person accounts from women of different ages and life stages. Each story is unique, but together they show a clear pattern: long periods of coping in silence followed by life changing outcomes once the right support is in place.

Returning to movement with confidence

For women dealing with bladder leaks and urgency, exercise becomes a mental battle…what to wear, what to avoid, how to modify, when to brace. For one of our members, high-impact days were starting to feel especially unforgiving. She started skipping workouts altogether to avoid the embarrassment of leaking. But as she worked through her Bloom program, something shifted. She started feeling more in control of her bladder, and more excited to be active again. 

This was more than a workout breakthrough. It was a return to strength and confidence.

Restoring pleasure and connection

Pleasure is often the first thing women are told to sacrifice. Female pleasure is still treated as taboo or “non-essential,” and for this Bloom member, that message had started to ring true. Intimacy with her husband had become uncomfortable, and penetration was so painful that she stopped doing it altogether. 

But as she worked through her Bloom program, her body began to respond differently. She started to experience a level of pleasure (and closeness) she hadn’t felt in years. 

Her story reflects how deeply pelvic health affects emotional wellbeing and relationships.

Finally sleeping through the night

Frequent nighttime bathroom trips are a quiet tyranny. Relentless. For this Bloom member, that was business as usual: two or three wake-ups every night, frazzled mornings, and 3pm slumps that no amount of caffeine, makeup or carbohydrates could override. 

She figured it was just the tradeoff for getting older, having kids, being stressed and general adulting. And because so many women deal with it, she assumed she had to deal with it too. Then her Bloom program began to work. She started waking up with her alarm instead of because of her bladder. She had energy again to say yes to things she’d been too tired for. 

Restful sleep reshaped her energy and her capacity for daily life.

Why these stories matter

Pelvic health symptoms affect millions of women. They influence physical comfort, sleep, emotional wellbeing, intimacy, mobility, and the ability to feel fully present at work and home. Yet many women receive limited guidance and little validation when seeking help.

The stories in Breaking the Silence show what can change when women have access to care that is:

• Evidence based
• Clinically guided
• Designed for privacy and convenience
• Built to fit into real schedules and responsibilities

Progress is possible for many women, and the impact often extends far beyond symptom relief.

For employers and health plans, these stories also reflect a need many women in the workforce are navigating quietly. When effective pelvic health support is accessible, the results reach into sleep, energy, productivity, and overall wellbeing.

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