Early Days

A new me appears to be emerging, or perhaps I should more aptly say receding. It was after reading the recent thread on horse riding and the discussion on English or American style riding by the usual suspects that I realized that I used to sit in posture with my legs spread wide and sloping downwards with feet flat on the floor, then two years or so back because of an upset with my hip (well healed after surgery six years ago) and the corresponding groin area that I began to favour it and ceased pushing it to its furthest sideways spread when seated.

Now I have begun to stretch my legs apart again (the angle between the legs is 45 degrees) and this is working. I can do this because my groin area is much less sore now. The pain to the outside of the hip is only mild if I get the position truly right. The extent of the success of this is that I appear to have more control over my delinquent uterus. Both of us are sick of her pushing out. She has seen enough of the outside world thank you very much, and my vulva has certainly seen enough of her.

What this means, when seated, is that my weight is placed evenly on my buttocks and the middle of my thighs. (I am sitting in Wholewoman posture.) My vulva is bang smack in the middle and my body weight rests about one third up the vulva from the anus end. The dynamics of the relaxed vulva meeting the seat pressure seem to allow my muscles to stretch and hold. The muscles are the ones in the area either side of the vulva , across the groin and down the inside of my legs a little way past that top-most inner flabby bit, all of which also rest firmly, but more lightly on the seat. It also stretches the Gluteus Maximus. I sit on a hard seat, but place two soft cushions on it and these soften the pressure of my meeting the chair, with the supportive hard base underneath.

I am also able to lie flat on my back at night with both legs stretched out. Previously, I had been only able to stretch one leg out and so it was somewhat lopsided and not really as effective, but it was something. Again, I am feeling only the slightest of tightness in the stretched muscles, and yet they are being more supportive than they have been for a long time.

I am also sitting like this to urinate, the flow appears to be solid. This is not to deny the WW advice to lift off the seat to half squat or to get down on all fours to fully empty out. Many women have had success with these. As a very young child I certainly preferred to urinate standing, as does my young granddaughter now.

But, as I said early times. If other ladies like Heavenly Flower and Daphne would be willing to try it and say whether they have a favorable result or not would be great, but not to worry you if you are sparse of time.

I have had uterine prolapse at least since my first pregnancy 44 years ago, aged 22 (maybe even before that) which over the years I was mostly able to alleviate with exercise etc. Then severe uterine prolapse occurred at peri menopause at age 39, and has remained so. I started Wholewoman management 2 years and 3 months ago. Signs are good. I’m hoping this will be another notch in your gun, Christine.

Best wishes, Fab