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Hi spirit – Women sometimes come to the forum saying “I started learning the posture, and then I got sidetracked, and then the prolapse got worse, so now I’m back”. That is not unlike what happened to me in my first year. That’s why we stress the importance of working hard to make the posture second-nature. Because once you do that, well, life can still throw you curves but at least your body isn’t going to forget proper posture. Right now I feel confident that no matter what life sends my way, sucking and tucking are gone, forever, dead and buried. I can hardly do it now, even if I try.

So, you need to walk and exercise and move around all the time in posture. Nothing short of breaking the old posture will do. Learn firebreathing. Give all of this time to work and I am pretty sure some of these discomforts will start to gradually ease up.

Others may have suggestions regarding some of the specific things you’ve mentioned. - Surviving

I would suggest you concentrate on doing something for each symptom separately. A lot of what you mention could be caused by a UTI. But if you have been checked out by your doctor then perhaps small steps are the way to go.

If you have three organs prolapsed, I not sure that the uterus being off to the left is something to be unduly worried about. It could be other organs pushing it that way, or it could be something else. This something else maybe should be seen about.

For the burning, consider some type of salve or lubricant: olive oil, coco nut oil, baby cream have all been mentioned in the forums. For fungal infection Christine recommends apple cider vinegar and to restore bacteria a pea sized bit of honey. She has brought out a DVD on this issue.

The bumps: I'm not sure whether these are natural formation above the pubic bone or you are referring to some lumps that have grown like for example cysts.

Peeing a lot: If you have urinary frequency, it may mean you are not emptying completely when you void. You need to look to making sure you have completely emptied your bladder at least once during the day, hopefully each time you go. Christine discusses this in her book. You can also urinate frequently if you have some infection like a cold. If what you mean is that there is a lot of urine, then maybe you are drinking too much. You pee what you drink.

Cramps: usually respond to massage. As to what could be causing the cramps: not enough salt, wrong sleeping position only you are in a position to determine.

Something twinging: sounds muscular so again massage should help with some kind of muscle liniment and if too bad a couple of pain killers.

Something flapping. Well, all the organs are on the move and can flap. When I go down it can be my labia or my uterus which I consider a good sign. Is there something in particular about this flapping that is disturbing and perhaps you should have checked out?

I personally can't sleep with a small cushion between my legs.

Tightening of the vaginal region can be encouraged with exercises. The one I used was to lay on my front, raise my legs, bending my knees so that my feet are up over my derriere or at least as far in that direction as I can get. Then pull just a little harder so that there is a little tightness and tension, hold for a minute or so or as long as you can, then release and repeat.

That you are working on the posture is good, but if you are anxious, your diaphragm breathing may go out of whack, so make sure your lower tummy is going out on the inhale and in on the exhale.

Finding out what it is will only give you relief and a straight forwardness free of fear. Once faced with certainty we tend to step up.

Good luck and best wishes, Fab

Dear Spirit3

First off, you are not a problem to any of us. You are asking questions in the hope that the answers will be of benefit to you and thus in consequence to your lovely children. When their mum is happy, they are.

I am sorry that you are so alone at the moment, but you know life has a way of doing that. One minute you are surrounded by family and a few good friends and then for disparate reasons you turn around suddenly and there is nobody there. Their silence and absence can hurt and sometimes mystify. But they are not all your life for of course there is somebody there for you, you are not actually alone at all, you have the wonderful company and love of your two beautiful children. Two beautiful children who will be with you for your whole long life; the heart of your happiness now and your happiness to come; solace to any sadness which may befall you as it inevitably will and a strength to your will to carry all of you forward into the future.

Maybe, life is saying, look, this is your moment to concentrate solely on yourself and them, just at this time. You know that to them you are the sun, that warm disk in the sky that welcomes them in the morning, guides them through their day and tucks them in their safe little beds at night. They to you are the very meaning of life and love and happiness. It really is the best of times.

We need a well mum so it has been nearly four weeks and you have been practicing posture and doing WW exercises. You know, that is such an excellent start? So many of us dither around, act dumb, deny, but you have jumped straight in such is your motivation.

Let’s look again at some of your symptoms. You have mentioned a couple of times that you have a painful pubic bone. Now we have been looking at that from the point of view of prolapse, but if you have been doing a lot of exercise or heavy lifting it may be something more serious than we have thought. Have a look at this site and see whether it has similarities to what you have been talking about, and if it is, follow their recommendations and rest up for a while. Which would mean you should restrict yourself re WW to just posture for the now.
http://www.sportnetdoc.com/d/inflammation-of-the-pubic-bone-joint-osteit...

If the inflammation of your vagina continues, you will need to check this out with a doctor and if they find there is a bacteria they will write you a prescription for antibiotics. Only antibiotics will work for a UTI don’t let anyone kid you otherwise and I think I should warn you it does in most cases require two continuous doses.

When you breathe, it does have a lot to do with your back as well as your tummy and diaphragm. You should feel the soft skin on either side of your spine in the lumbar region move in and out.

Diet to prevent wind is a very personal thing. Some people can eat mainly vegetables, beans and pulses and grains, others find that they need to limit these items. As you are having a lot of wind, you need to be more specific than saying I am eating healthy; what’s healthy for one may not be healthy for another and what is healthy for one part of your life may not be healthy for another. If you don’t want to go into it in detail, then I think you at least need to look at the items that most commonly cause wind such as kidney beans, lentils, cabbage and so forth and severely limit them or replace them with alternatives.

So mum, we know you are working hard, but there are some consistent problems you have been asking questions about and we really need to work these out. So slow down and tell us where you are at.

Cheers, Fab

are strong enough Spirit3 I would suggest that you semi squat when you want to void. By this I mean stand with your back to the bowl and place your hands on your bent knees, your weight is on your knees and your feet. Your derriere is now hovering rather high over the bowl. If your urination balks you may need to push your bladder up a little to lighten the pressure on your urethra if your prolapse is down that far which can lock it off, if you see what I mean. Then of course if the emptying is incomplete stand and maybe take a few paces then hover back over the bowel again and finish off.

So happy you have been able to make significant breakthroughs. You are so young still, healing, once you get the foundations right should be pretty strong.

cheers, Fab

I left out the why. Why would you do this?

One, I think we were meant to void standing up. But regardless of that, when I sit on the toilet seat I find my prolapse falls further, not from straining or the simple act of emptying the bladder and its resultant pressure, but from the simple act of sitting. When I void in this semi standing position, it (my uterus in my case) does not drop any further.