Squatting for toileting

Body: 

Has anybody seen the website naturesplatform.com and the discussion regarding squatting for toileting? I've stopped sitting on the toilet (just half-squatting over it) because I intuitively felt it might help; then someone told me about naturesplatform.

I wonder if a full squat would actually be bad for the prolapse?

Anyone have any thoughts or experience on this?

I recall a discussion not too long ago on this topic, but couldn't find it.

Marie

I do remember a thread on this topic too. I think a number of women here (myself included) felt that a full squat was not great for the prolapses. general consensis at the time was to shift your weight to your feet, lifting up of the toilet a bit.

Thanks, sweetie. How are you doing? I still remember your kind post to me when i first came here a few months ago. How are the little ones? Anything new in your routine regarding prolapse?

Marie

little ones are all home from school and keeping me very busy. The very good news here is that I am very busy and my prolapse is keeping quiet! I admit that I think about it often, but now I am thinking how lucky I am that it isn't bothering me! The only new thing I've been doing is taking red raspberry leaf extract in the first part of my cycle. I don't know why I chose to do it that way, just went with gut instinct.
what is new with you and yours?

I'm glad for you that you are having some relief from your symptoms. Wonderful. Keep sharing your ideas. gut instinct is a good way to go. It is certainly guiding me in my healing process. As a person of faith, I call that instinct the Divine Healer.

And, I'm going to try that raspberry leaf extract! How much to you use? I've got a great herbalist that that reminds me to call. I'll email her tonight! See, we help each other.

As for us, what changes is that all the kids are now out of school, and that's really fun for my dc. Especially since we have a next door neighbor that they like to play with a lot. My oldest has a run of 8 shows in the musical "Annie" starting in two weeks. So, it'll be Annie tunes sung from dawn til dusk in our house for the next month or so. Really cute. The baby is growing up so fast, 14 months today. He's adorable. And, our 4 year old is playing in her lovely 4-year old imaginary world at least half of the time. In my experinece, 4 is a wondrous age, and challenging, too.

Anyway, on and on.

Keep in touch.

Marie