Seeking input for rectocele trouble

Hi Jana
Well, yes and no. You will eventually be able to kick it, but I suspect you will just realise one day that you don't need it any more. To get to that stage there are lots of different things you can try. eg different foods, use the Search box to look for all the different foods you can use. Learning a bit more about how your digestive system works may shed some light too, ie it takes about 20 minutes for the eating of food to get the intestines cranked up to move the current contents along to make room for more at the top. I find that my early morning whole orange (not juice) is a stimulant for me. Wholemeal toast does the same thing.

You mention stopping halfway through a bowel motion. Very frustrating. Have you tried waiting a few minutes then eating something high fibre. This might move things along again. I find that on days like this I might have several visits to the toilet during the day.

The important thing is not to worry too much about it. Easier said than done, but worry is the greatest constipator of all time. I read that you acknowledge some fear. Eventually you will lose that fear as you begin to learn more about your body and trust it again. Prolapse is something that you constantly have to manage. Every day is different. As you become more familiar with all the techniques you can use you will be more at ease with your rectocele and its foibles.

Firebreathing and nauli type exercises will also help you to reposition your organs where they should be, high and forward, so the vagina can move forward and your large intestine and rectum can slide back down behind the vagina. Theoretically this should mean that your bowel will be able to empty itself more easily because it isn't being squashed by a bladder or a uterus across the middle, dividing the load, so to speak. ;-)

I am thinking that nauli could be really useful straight after a meal to move the bladder and uterus up and out of the way and get the intestines correctly positioned before they become active. KWIM?

ps I just love hearing from women who go for diagnosis *after* finding Wholewoman. It is very affirming to be able to say no thanks to surgery, knowing exactly why you are saying no. For me it was having been in the lion's mouth and saying "Excuse me Mr Lion, but I do not give you permission to eat me alive. Please put me down gently and I shall leave." And the lion did put me down gently, and I calmly turned my back on him and walked away, leaving the lion sitting there thinking, "How did I just let that big juicy meal walk away???". YESSS!

Cheers

Louise

Hi Jana
Your first paragraph says sit all, and only doing Wholewoman work has taken me from there to where I am now over the past four years. I am only just beginning on firebreathing and nauli cos I want to master them to pass them on to others. I have not needed them, but may do. I have been working very hard physically over the last few months and have been feeling a bit 'poppy'. I am sure my POPs will get better by themselves when I stop lugging around clods of turf and paving bricks.

Physical exercise is very important for overcoming depression. It is also very important for keeping your skeletal muscles and cardio-vascular system awake and working as well as they can to keep your body healthy, especially the skeletal muscles so they can stabilise your skeleton and maintain your posture.

If you feel that you have to arch your back a lot it may be that you are tucking your butt in and holding your tummy in. The result of this is that your pelvis tilts back, which is exactly the opposite of what we are trying to do. If you allow your rectus abdominus muscles to relax you may feel a little tingly pleasant sensation down low on the sides of your abdomen as you relax them. You will also notice your pelvic bones rotating forwards as the pubic symphysis is allowed to fall. Try also to relax your gluteal (buttock) muscles. This allows the sacrum to come more out the back, the coccyx to rise and the lumbar curve freedom to relax into its more curved state. It is a quite relaxed posture, and a relaxed lower belly is what we are aiming for to leave some room in the lower abdomen for the organs to move forwards.

You can also help your body along by wearing clothing on your lower half that allows your belly to expand freely when standing and walking, also when sitting. Bias cut fabric, knit fabrics, and fuller cut styles are helpful. If you like a slimmer line, deep pockets in the side seam with the split right down to the hip joint will act as a placket when you sit and move, and expand to give your belly room. This is the single major discovery for me re trousers. It just makes them so comfortable for sitting. Christine also talks about a gusset in the crotch of trousers making them more comfortable.

Once you start to understand what *your* body is doing I am sure the fragility feeling will pass. Of course fragility is linked to a damaged body, as is helplessness, and they are also symptoms of depression, so they are all linked. Knowledge is the key to having faith in your body and once you have faith in your body you will feel more able, and stronger, which helps to break the depression cycle.

Be patient with your body and brain, as they are learning a whole heap of new stuff. It may take a few weeks or months to get the posture right, and you *will* have setbacks along the way. Satan works in mysterious ways (only half-joking here!)

The new DVD which will be released soon will be a great help to all of us.

Cheers

Louise