Success

Submitted by daughter on May 2, 2014 - 3:20pm
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Success!

It has been a year since I first had the sensation of a very, very misplaced tampon … I found this sight while searching for whatever I was going to have to do. I am so thankful I found you. Thanks for the books, website, exercise DVD’s and forum. Now a year later with Whole Woman walking and sitting posture and exercises, my prolapse is being successfully managed and urinary frequency urges I have had for years are gone. I was able to do a 2-hour mountain hike with no symptoms 2 months into this.

I also am enjoying the posture. I have never been able to successfully correct my lifelong bad posture. Within weeks of learning this posture, I was no longer slumping my shoulders. It feels so natural compared to what I had been trying to do. I happen to be a person that has no body fat and have been frustrated by my stomach pouch. Now I know it is a very natural part of my feminine body. I also no longer mind the stretch skin I have from two pregnancies. I love my feminine body more because of you.

Totally changing my wardrobe was a bit of a challenge. Maternity pants work for me. The first time I put them on and let my stomach area be free of pressure, the whole woman posture became so much easier. The maternity panel just looks like another layer of shirts. I have found since then that St John’s Bay jeans and corduroys work for me too and a lot of the newest style flowing sweaters work. (Of course I am 62 and may feel a little more freedom than younger generations may feel in changing clothing styles)

When I see all of the models on magazine covers, I ache for what our culture is putting forth as the ideal female body and what it is doing to the female body. I wonder if there will be a day in the future when that is seen as sickly and harmful and Whole Woman posture is smiled upon as beautiful femininity …

Don’t grow weary Whole Woman Team! You are doing a great work. There are many silent women like me out there whose feminine bodies are being preserved because of your labor. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

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Aging gracefully

May 2, 2014 - 4:17pm

Lovely and encouraging post, daughter!!! Yes, I agree that if the our natural whole woman body image was the acceptable norm out there instead of the tight abbed sucked in look of today. it would be a wonderful world, indeed.
Thank you for such an inspiring post!!

Surviving60

May 2, 2014 - 4:41pm

What a beautiful post. Thank you thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time and for expressing our mission so very eloquently. I was roughly your age when I started my journey here, and I can identify with everything that you say. Well, except for the "no body fat" part, ha! You are a dear for writing this today, it is inspiration for all of us to keep up this work and keep up the fight. - Surviving

dizzydee

May 2, 2014 - 10:13pm

I loved this post! As I also love to read all of them! I haven't felt any symptoms since Friday (a week ago) but I am trying to remember how to stand, walk, and sit. I was just wondering ...is that possible...to not have symptoms? I do have the urinary frequencies and I'm more constipated then I've ever been but that is all I'm feeling. I am not going to assume that I am prolapse free...it just gives me hope....that I am on my way to be "normal" . It was great to hear about the 2 hour hike because I LOVE to hike! The idea that I may never be able to do that depressed me so much! Thank you all for giving me hope and for all the encouraging words!!! I also love my "new" female body....

Surviving60

May 3, 2014 - 6:33am

Long mindful walks are what really helped get me over the hump of learning posture, and of course I found over time that long posture walks really helped my symptoms. Sometime in the second year of this work, I had occasion to participate in a hike of several hours straight. I knew I'd be OK, but what really shocked me was that after the walk, I was about as symptom-free as I've ever been.

I am sure there are many prolapsed women doing the WW work who experience symptom-free periods. And I think the younger you start this work, and the more and sooner you can incorporate this into all aspects of life, the more likely that is to happen. But we don't need to be symptom-free. We are managing our conditions and we know that things are remaining stable and that a bad day will be followed by a good day if we stay on task. We do not fear the bulge, we manage it and we don't let it manage us! - Surviving

Aging gracefully

May 3, 2014 - 6:38am

Hi dizzydee,
Since our organs are always on the move, you could, of course feel symptom free for long periods of time. Especially if your prolapse is not severe or as noticeable, but keeping up the whole woman work will help you best to manage your prolapse at whatever stage it is in, because that is our natural form anyway.
A word of caution though, you need to get the constipation in order. Constipation and straining on the toilet are very bad for prolapsed organs.
Glad you love your new female body!! We feel the same way about ours!

dizzydee

May 3, 2014 - 10:29am

I'm trying to get it under control..never had this problem so it is new to me! I eat lots of salads and eat oatmeal, fruits, veggies, don't use to much sugar.. I'm now trying over the counter products to get things moving along...I think constipation got me here in the first place!

Aging gracefully

May 3, 2014 - 12:10pm

Over the counter drugs can be kind of harsh on our system. If you can try to do this with your dietary choices more would be better for you in the long run. Look into what you are eating in particular that constipates you. Many of us have trigger foods that constipated us more than others. Starches and processed foods can really constipate me. I have cut out most processed foods, and try to balance the starchy foods in my diet.
Of course I have gone a lot further than that with fermented foods, whole foods etc.., but I think as a starting point for you checking into your dietary choices would be good. And if there are any medications that you are taking that tend to constipate is worth investigating.

Surviving60

May 3, 2014 - 12:28pm

Some of our members have had good results from magnesium citrate to help keep the bowels moving, at least temporarily until they can identify the diet do's and dont's that work best for them. And exercise is a must. - Surviving

daughter

May 3, 2014 - 1:16pm

Only symptom free as long as I stay in posture and do the exercises. But worry free-yes-now that I understand what is going on and that it is very manageable. In the beginning lying down was my only symptom free time, then sitting. But anything else-standing, walking, loading dishwasher or washing machine and dryer, vacuuming, cleaning toilets, dusting-basically all of life was very discouraging.
Sitting at my job and lying down at home were the only safe places. I was very worried that things were only going to get worse and that my life as I knew it was over. I devoured the book, DVD, website and forum until I found answers that worked for me-understanding my female body, how & where it was designed to house my organs and how I can co-operate with that with my every move. My symptoms coming and going were my guide. Anticipating that hike was very scary. Our son was in town and I wanted to spend the time with him. I was very surprised that I actually had a symptom-free walk. That early in the process I was still worried that my insides would fall out half way up the mountain! The knowledge I had accumulated from Whole Woman and what work I had done with the posture and exercises seem to fall in place. Then came the challenge a few weeks later of walking on the beach to be with my daughter … another scary but successful venture. This stuff really works and the ladies that work with Christine on this forum are very helpful. Thanks to you ladies and Christine again!

dizzydee

May 3, 2014 - 9:21pm

It is great to hear that you are symptom free!! (At least with your walk) gives me hope! I love to hike and I'm very active so I was VERY depressed when I realized something was going on. I felt I might as well lay down and die! I have people that expect me to run around and jump and just be active and to have to tell them "no sorry can't move" was a real bummer. I'm happy to hear you are in this position!! thank you for your post.

daughter

May 4, 2014 - 7:44am

I am not symptom free but worry free because I understand what is going on and that it is very manageable. I still have my symptoms every now & then and at my age I think I always will ... but because of Whole Woman I have learned what to do and it does not stop me from having a normal life. I think you understood that, dizzydee, but just clarifying for anyone else that may read this.

Surviving60

May 4, 2014 - 7:52am

What daughter says is so important to keep in mind. There is no cure for prolapse, and symptom-free is not a realistic expectation, unless you are fortunate enough to start this work fairly young and to avoid the whole suck-and-tuck lifestyle so many of us have grown up in. Even those of us who are fortunate enough to be symptom-free for extended periods are accomplishing this by diligent WW work. Our symptoms are what help us learn and keep us remembering what we have to do. Although posture is natural for me, I still have to remind myself to bend, lift, carry, drive, eat, and eliminate in ways that are prolapse-friendly. Frankly I wouldn't trade my symptoms away....they are my barometer. I live without fear, doing whatever I want, that's what this work is all about! - Surviving

Aging gracefully

May 4, 2014 - 8:52am

That is really what is all about, isn't it. I agree 100% with what daughter and surviving have just said. I think if women come on here with unrealistic expectations, they are going to just throw in the towel if they go "symptom free" for a long time, and then find that those bulgy feelings come back.
It is always about management. I feel especially thankful for finding whole woman, because profound uterine prolapse can be so frustrating sometimes. Especially around my period. But, I have the tools thanks to Christine and her dedicated work to help me through it. I don't have that nagging worry any more that used to plague me that I would eventually need a hysterectomy. No more of that kind of thinking!! Thanks to whole woman!!!

dizzydee

May 4, 2014 - 10:10pm

love to check in and read the posts. gives me hope and helps me feel that I'm not alone in this.