Another recruit intro

Dear Whole Women,
I have been reading your posts for about a month now. I wanted to introduce myself but was not sure what details to include as my story is quite long. I got a POP after my son was born two years ago, most probably because of a coached birth where I was asked to push too early. I felt no need to do so at the moment and I had specified 'physiological push' in the birth plan but I wanted to see my baby ASAP so I listened to them instead of listening to my body. I pushed for an hour and only had minor tear. However, an hour after the birth my uterus and bladder were side by side and I started losing blood seriously. The doctors said my uterus was not contracting so they massaged my belly like crazy (which was a lot more painful than the labor and delivery without anesthesia!) and installed an IV for ocytocin. Bleeding stopped slowly and I recovered. I went back to the hospital 3 weeks pp because of endometritis and told the gynecologist that something was not 'aligned' like before but I couldn't explain what. She told me 'Madam, we're never like before, it's normal'. She did not mention POP although I know now that was I was seeing were my cervix and bladder. I went back to the hospital 6 weeks pp for the routine exam, said the same thing to another gynecologist and got exactly the same answer. When my period came 3 months pp and I couldn't keep a tampon in, I remembered the story of someone's grandmother who had a cystocele and got a pessary so I finally figured it out myself. I called my gynecologist to ask what I could do to replace my organs and she told me 'There is nothing to do, if it's annoying we can put a pessary and if it doesn't work we just remove the uterus.' I was 31 with only one kid (although we haven't used contraception for 7 years and yes we want more kids!). My cystocele (in fact urethrocystocele) is grade 2-3 and hysterocele was grade 2 but seems more like 1 now so I am preparing for the rectocele since it seems unavoidable :-(

The following two years I tried everything that I could think of: osteo, sex-yoga, acupuncture, physiotherapy, herbal medicine, homeopathy. I even called the hatha yoga center where I attended classes a few years back to see if they had any suggestion, they did not have any (I should call and tell them that nauli really helps!). I was searching the internet regularly (in French and English) and I finally found this lifesaving site with Christine's work. I wish I did much earlier, but I can tell for sure that nothing else I tried makes much sense compared to the anatomical truth that she uncovers so clearly in her book. I must admit the acupuncture helped me reduce my fibroid from 'orange' to 'apricot' and the physio helped me with POP heaviness symptoms and gaped vulva.

I started this WW posture a month ago (the minute I found this website!) and the workout 3 weeks ago when I received the DVD. I am practicing nauli but it doesn't look like youtube yet ;-) I am already seeing an improvement and I feel so much better about living the rest of my live with POP. I stopped babywearing when my son was 7 months old because it was worsening my POP. Now I know I would be able to carry other babies on my back without causing further damage: I can carry my 31 pounds on my shoulders with the proper posture and it feels great!

I want to thank all of you for your helpful posts. I don't feel alone anymore.