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Surviving60
May 15, 2014 - 5:00am
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pessary for rectocele
Pessaries are not much help for rectocele, and in fact can aggravate the condition. You might not even find one that will stay in comfortably, even if you have a doc who is patient and willing to try more than one with you.
Rectocele is quite manageable with the posture work that we advocate here at Whole Woman, so do check out the site. Watch this video:
http://wholewoman.com/newpages/video/ww101.html
jadeegg
May 18, 2014 - 2:41pm
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jade & pearl sell larger,
jade & pearl sell larger, firmer sea sponges to use as pessiaries for prolapse. that's what i'd recommend. http://jadeandpearl.com/sea-pearls-sea-sponge-tampons/#.U3kMnVhdVO0
nomeshplease
May 25, 2014 - 9:55pm
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thanks guys - will check all
thanks guys - will check all this out
nomeshplease
May 25, 2014 - 10:09pm
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sponges
So have any of you who are post menopausal used these for rectocele and if so how does vaginal dryness affect them and how do they affect dryness? I could see trying this instead of splinting and to give some support to the posterior wall, but not if they will be irritating to postmenopausal tissue.
Aussie Soul Sister
May 26, 2014 - 12:56am
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nomeshplease
Dear nomeshplease,
This is my third attempt at a reply - keep losing what I've written as I try to include references...
My question is when you talk of a low rectocele do you mean at the vaginal entrance or lower?
I had to stop using tampons about two years ago as the rectocele pushed them out.
I have never used a pessary as they were always recommended for urinary incontinence.
I can't comment on the use of sponges - someone else may but I don't think they are useful for rectocele.
One significantly important advantage of being in WWP is the vagina is naturally a closed airless space, with the pelvic organs protected in the lower belly.
I also view my rectocele as nature's pessary, helping prevent prolapse of other organs.
I have never really got used to splinting, however I have been doing it wrong by pushing back too far. The next time I need to try it I will just support the back wall of the vagina, and report back how I go.
If I get a stool sitting low in it by the next morning it usually resolves itself and evacuates completely.
I will add separately the 2 references I thought of that you could read - one I wrote today on the benefits of WWP far reaching beyond pop & how to sit on the toilet by Christine.
I hope this helps,
Best Wishes,
Aussie Soul Sister
Aussie Soul Sister
May 26, 2014 - 1:02am
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PS - nomeshplease
https://wholewoman.com/forum/comment/45414#comment-45414
Aussie Soul Sister
May 26, 2014 - 1:05am
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PPS - nomeshplease
https://wholewoman.com/forum/comment/44991#comment-44991
A very interesting post by Christine including how to sit on the toilet.
Surviving60
May 26, 2014 - 7:15am
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sponges for rectocele
I have rectocele and I, too, had trouble keeping in a tampon for the last few years before menopause, though of course I did not understand why at the time. A couple of years ago I tried putting one in to see if it provided any support, but it did not - it felt awful and came right out. Pessaries and sponges are not particularly effective with rectocele and can also aggravate the problem. As Soul Sis points out, we are aiming to keep the organs forward, away from the vaginal space, and anything introduced to hold that space open is working against what we're trying to accomplish here. If you get down on hands and knees, and you feel relief from the bulge, then think of trying to keep your organs in basically the same positions when you stand. That's a simple but helpful way to look at this problem. - Surviving