Pessary use

Hello. Just seen your post & that no one has responded. I'm not even close to knowing much, there's so much info to take in. I don't believe that very many women on here use a pessary tho. I may be wrong, so hopefully someone will chime in. I do think what most use, if needed, during exercise is sea sponges or sports tampons. You might try plugging them into the search engine & see what you get.

I do have a girlfriend that has a pessary & she loves it & swears by it. She has said it makes her feel more confident especially during workouts. Hope this helps & like I said, hopefully someone else will chime in. :)

Hi everyone, new to the site too :) I have had a pessary put in place and it did work but I found it got in the way a bit. My partner can feel it and that is a bit odd sexually. I have cystocele, work on my feet all day, by the time I am finished my problem appears! I am fit healthy and not over weight. Borking at getting the First Aid for Prolapse because outlay cost and will it work??

Any thoughts,

Hi Bikerchic,

Hello and welcome.

First Aid for Prolapse is the only DVD on the market that describes the true pelvic organ support system, which is essential information for all women. The concepts are very basic:

We have a pelvic wall, not a pelvic floor.

The female pelvic organs are supported by the lower abdominal wall, not a pelvic floor.

This is accomplished by natural breathing and by natural female posture, which includes a soft lower belly and full lumbar curvature.

The pelvic organs have not fallen down, they have fallen back.

I have a clip of the postural instructions (from FAFP) up on YouTube, and there is a wealth of information here in the forums and in the Village Post. There is everything needed to begin this postural work here on the website for women who cannot or don’t wish to buy the Whole Woman materials.

We have six moderators from all walks of life, plus countless members throughout the forums who have gained positive results with this work. I think it is time to ask for more testimonials, which I will do in another thread.

Wishing you well,

Christine

Dear bikerchic,
This is my first time writing on here. I am very new to the site within the past few days. I just ordered the book, DVD and wand today and am looking forward to starting the exercises and learning more.
I am 63 years old, in basically good shape but need to get back to exercising. I am slender and almost always have been. I have had prolapse for years, although no doctor told me that years ago. I remember when I first found the bulge, I was scared and didn't understand what was happening to my body. My gynecologist did not say anything about a problem until I asked. Would only ask if I ever leaked urine if I coughed or sneezed and I always said "no".
This past Nov. I helped my husband move a rather heavy piece of furniture and I noticed my "bulge" was much worse shortly afterwards. So, I went to the doctor and was referred to a urogynecologist who is trying to help me without surgery. I am currently using 2 pessaries together to hold my prolapse in. I am determined to not have surgery and was thrilled to find this website.
My doctor told me that I can take my pessaries out, clean them with soap and water and leave them out for the night. The reason, if you notice, your "bulge" should go back in when you lay down in bed. So, no matter when you are having sex, if you take out the pessary, it will make it more comfortable for you both and you can put the pessary back in afterwards. Just a suggestion. And, just a note of interest, I have 4th degree cystocele, enerocele, and uterine prolapse and second or third degree rectocele.

Hi Bikerchic

Be a little wary of exercise systems that do not actively acknowledge that a woman's body is geometrically different from a man's. Most exercise regimes (motorbikes too?) are designed for the male body which has a straighter lumbar curve in the spine and hip joints that face more out to the side, and of course no vagina!

You will find that there are lots of topics here about exercise when you have POP. One of the main principles is that any exercise is OK as long as there is an acute angle between legs and spine when the pressure is on. An obtuse angle will tend to straighten out the lumbar curve and set your pelvic organs up to shoot down the plughole.

Another factor is if the exercise requires you to pull in your tummy and/or tuck your butt it is having the same effect. A woman needs to have room at the front of her pelvis to make a safe place for her bladder and uterus to rest, supported where the pubic bones meet, which is well out of the way of intraabdominal pressure from breathing, moving, exercising etc. Hold your tummy in and your bladder and uterus will slide back and end up over your vagina, which is asking for trouble!

The final factor is what it feels like when you exert yourself during exercise. Any pain or pressure in your vulva means that your organs are being pushed in the wrong direction (down your vagina). Stop, and adjust that angle or the way you are doing the exercise, or pick another exercise that doesn't generate these sensations. You just have to monitor it yourself and judge what is OK and what is not. The difference will be obvious. Finding alternative ways of getting the same exercise effect is the challenge.

Use the Search box to find conversations about different types of exercise. You cannot go wrong with the Wholewoman workout on the DVD, First Aid for Prolapse. It is a good, safe, whole body workout. Likewise the ballet workout in Saving the Whole Woman. Not into ballet? Just listen to your favourite head-banging music or whatever. You can pretend in your head that you are not a ballerina. As long as it has a rhythm and nobody catches you wearing a pink tutu, you will be fine.