Prolapse and adenomyosis

Submitted by may21 on August 13, 2014 - 7:12pm
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To update my situation, I'm 25 years old and just had a vaginal birth after c-section. I'm almost 3 months postpartum now. I believe I have a prolapse because my cervix is quite low (about half a finger in. before I had my baby I couldn't even reach it with my finger.)

Doctor sent me for an ultrasound and says it shows that I have adenomyosis. I don't have any symptoms of it though.

I've been doing the whole woman posture for about 3 weeks and it hasn't helped with the low cervix really. I find that the prolapse gets a lot better after sex, but gradually over the course of the day it goes back to the same way again. Heavy lifting, and bowel movements, always make it worse.

The good news is my back pain has completely gone away since starting the ww posture! I've had back pain almost my entire adult life because I am large-busted with small shoulders, and it's never gotten better until now. It has miraculously disappeared 100%! I can still hardly believe it :) I ordered the first aid for prolapse DVD and I am still waiting on it.

I was wondering if anyone has any insight on what impact the prolapse and/or the adenomyosis will have on my future fertility/pregnancies/births. I'll be seeing a gynocologist, but they couldn't get me in for another 2 months. So it's a long wait until I get to talk to a professional about it all. My husband and I don't use birth control for religious reasons and we really want to have more children. Are there any sort of natural things can I do to help my condition in the meantime? My family doctor doesn't really know much about it, and I don't trust her judgment much anyhow. She also told me that since I had an initial C-section that it would have been best for me to have another c-section with an obstetrician, rather than a VBAC with my midwife, and I don't agree with that at all! We want to have a large family and I'm concerned that the doctors are going to start pressuring me to go on birth control, or have a hysterectomy, or have my tubes tied at some point! And also worried that my condition could cause infertility, or miscarriages, or problems in pregnancy. I've been doing research but there's so much conflicting info. If anyone has any advice, info, or personal experiences to share, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks!

May

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Surviving60

August 14, 2014 - 4:11am

There is no reason for you to be pressured by a doctor to do anything at all. i'm not clear on what you are expecting from the doctor at this point. Three weeks on the posture is barely a drop in the bucket.....you have a couple years of healing ahead of you, and for me, the results of posture work started to become most evident in the 2nd year. This isn't a quick fix, but a different way of life. Learn posture and firebreathing and really make this a priority. Prolapse has no effect on fertility and does not hinder future pregnancies.....yes you will experience some ups and downs but the prolapse moves out of the way for birth.

I do not know anything about adenomyosis. You can use the search box to look for posts on the forum and the blog. Maybe someone more versed on that subject will see this post. In the meantime, do not accept any recommendation for surgery of any kind. - Surviving

may21

August 14, 2014 - 5:34am

Thanks Surviving60 :) Yes, I find doctors are very keen to recommend interventions. The gynocologist is supposed to explain my situation to me and tell me what my options are. I have a lot of faith in this posture working long-term, as in a short amount of time it did cure my back pain which is miraculous :)

Surviving60

August 14, 2014 - 6:06am

Here is a link to the HERS Foundation's website:
http://www.hersfoundation.com

If you scroll down you will see a link for adenomyosis and you can read more about it there. You say you have no symptoms but they describe the feeling of the uterus pushing down as one of the symptoms. In any event, in their book The H Word, they recommend strongly against any kind of exploratory surgery, since you never know what docs will decide to do once they're in there. The operating room is a very dangerous place for a woman to take her pelvis!! Since you already have a diagnosis, i suppose if you want to go back to a surgeon and hear your "options" just make sure you are prepared to say no, because surgeons cut, that's what they do. - Surviving

wholewomanUK

August 14, 2014 - 7:02am

Dear may21,
Thank you for you enquiry. I'm so pleased you've found WW - and have started to engage with this approach. I had severe uterine prolapse symptoms around 3 years ago now, and can honestly say I feel healthier and happier than I did before. However I do take care - and as Survivng60 says, it becomes a way of life rather than 'an approach' after a while; something you do unconsciously and effortlessly rather than consciously and effortfully.

It can be helpful to get diagnoses from a doctor. However please don't be pressurised to have surgery, certainly for you at this point - symptom free with adenomyosis, uterine prolapse and wanting more children. The WW approach is safe, natural, non-invasive and effective. So definitely worth engaging with this approach. I'm so pleased you've ordered a dvd. These offer great visuals for following WW recommended exercises. nce you've got a handle of what helps - and what doesn't, then gradually you are more able to discover and decide what and how to do things. In this way women are embowered and fully engage in their own healing, rather than relying on something being done to them.

As far as I understand it adenomysis is usually benign. So unless there are some dangers and reasons for surgery, I personally wouldn't even consider it. It doesn't sound necessary.

BTW the WW approach is basically simply good health - so a blessing for all of us pop population, is that we've inadvertently stumbled across q wonderful holistic health system which suits women! Yeh!

Good luck, happy motherhood and wishing you all the best in your WW journey.
Love and best wishes, wholeowmanukx