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mommynow
June 9, 2008 - 1:02pm
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I am sorry you are going
I am sorry you are going through this. I know how you feel though because I was just starting to have some "good" days and I got this violent flu. I threw up many times for 24 hours and no matter how much I bent at the hips it made my prolapse way lower. It took weeks to recover. I thought that all the work I did before was out the window but I just wanted to tell you that it did get better SLOWLY. I know that is frustrating but at least there was improvement right? Now I am back to the way I was before the illness. I am 8 months pp btw. Have you tried some sexual physical therapy LOL! It seems to help me :)
babygotback
June 9, 2008 - 1:42pm
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cough ideas
i had a wretched cough for about two years after my third baby's birth. i thought it was something my husband brought home from school, but it went on and on. I know this made things worse--absolutely. It was so frustrating because I could feel the "down there" pressure and felt like I had no control. I didn't want to supress the cough, but hated the resulting prolapsy feeling and the accompanying headaches!!!
What I found helpful was warm tea, sipped constantly throughout the day (lemongrass, licorice, alfalfa, etc.), and bending over to cough EVERY TIME--I am talking hands and knees. In public, I would bend way over while standing and it would help. If I was home I would be knees and elbows to avoid the downward pressure. Now, all this was before I knew of WW, so I think it was instinctive, but it helped immensely. Also, I would grab my crotch when I coughed at the same time. It felt better.
SO sorry you are having a struggle. Hope it passes super soon.
alemama
June 9, 2008 - 2:07pm
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you are not out of the window yet!
truthfully not anywhere near out. at about 12 months pp I started to feel better- but now at 19 months I feel STABLE. So don't worry about the window- are you still coughing or is it gone now?
I am glad you were starting to see improvements. You will see many more.
Soupy
June 9, 2008 - 4:10pm
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thankyou
it makes me feel so much better to hear that after 12 months you were seeing major improvement. It gives me so much hope, I usually have so much belief in the body's ability to heal itself, but my faith had slipped a little.
yes i've been bending over or doing knees and elbow on the floor to cough, all the while babywearing at the same time, must look very funny! Everything held up for two weeks but it went on a week too long. I'd love to have another baby in two to three years time but it scares me so much to think if thats what coughing for a few weks can do, what having pretty severe morning sickness for the first 13-16 weeks could do, still we'll cross that one when i come to it.
thankfully the cough sems to be settling down, my two little ones have been dreadfully poorly with it too and they seem to be on the mend as well.
sarahlove
June 9, 2008 - 9:48pm
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antibiotics!
I know, i HATE antibiotics, but I coughed like that for three weeks too and FINALLY gave in. The cough was gone the next day. It was when I was pg right before I went into labor, I feel that helped cause my prolapse. Now, if I even mimic that same deep cough, my cystocele gets immediately affected. I feel that the antibiotics are the lesser of two evils when compared to the effect of coughing on my prolapse. I'm sure many would disagree, but that cough was gone the next day...I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO relieved.