keeglemaster?

Dear Loralie,

Your inquiry gives me yet another chance to expound upon the principles we are working with here at Whole Woman.

The singular focus gynecologists made of the pelvic floor has been in large part a wild goose chase. Doctors of yore observed that the organs were falling through the genital hiatus, or split in the pelvic floor musculature, and therefore assumed muscle weakness (and stretched

I do not know of the keeglemaster. But I use a weight called the fpt. I use it in coordination with Christine's methods for a couple of reasons. First, doing it for 5 min a day 3 days a week reminds me to care for myself and that area. Second, I do feel it gives me temporary relief for my rectocele. It sort of puts everything back where it belongs, I imagine like the seasponge does (though obviously you leave the sponge in and the weight is only used during tha time). Third, my thinking is (which could be in error) that if there is nerve issues from my births that perhaps focusing on that area and stimulating it with contractions may help reconnect nerves or reactivate them.

I believe Christine's stance has been to listen to our bodies and if something works, do it. This is working for me and my body seems to respond. Combined with the posture and other exercises in the video and book I feel I'm addressing all sides of the box. Now, just to get my diet in line...

Loralie,
If the keeglemaster works as I think it does--by resistance--I really think I would have prefered it to the fpt-- I'm trying to recall what that stands for-- feminine personal trainer. The fpt is a weight and its level of difficulty is created by moving from an incline postion--least difficult to an upright postion-- most difficult. I do a semi-reclined in the bath position and will not do the upright for fear that the weight might stress the bladder and make it worse. If the keglemaster "opens" pressing against canal and provides resistance as the contraction squeezes it together, I think that would be better than the weight. Had I not invested $90 in the fpt I would have gone with the kegal master-- again not as the cure, but just as another side of the box.
Hope that helps!
Jane

Dear Christine,

I was diagnosed with uterine prolapse last June. My doctor recommended a vaginal hysterctomy. I haven't been back since.
I am apprehensive about this surgery. I also wanted to ask is it
safe to have sex with this condition. Thanks for any help you can
give me.

Angela

Dear Angela,

We are all healthy women living well with conditions just like yours. Here are some suggestions:

1. Practice Natural Female Posture:

Hi,

I must be lucky, because I've been using the kegelmaster for 9 months and have strengthened my PC muscles to the point where I can hold a kegel contraction for a count of ten or more. I couldn't do this last year because the muscle was so weak. It hasn't made my cystocele any worse. I feel that my pelvic floor is in much better shape than last year and that I shouldn't need any surgery.
When I go for my pap I'll let everyone know of the results.

Thanks,

Joss

Hi Jocelyn,

As perhaps our only post-hysterectomy member, thank you for updating us on your progress. I know the posture wasn't working for you and am so glad you are finding success with kegels.

Christine

Hi Angela

Hmmm, we must have been to the same gynaecologist. I got the same story, and said no thankyou too!

One of the reasons I said no thanks was that a lot of reading in preparation for that visit (thankyou Christine!) demonstrated that surgery would probably decrease the pleasure and/or introduce pain or discomfort with sex. There was no way I was going to take surgery as a first option thank you very much. He could stay well away from my pleasure bits while I tried some other techniques for managing prolapse.

In the last few weeks since I first found this site and took delivery of Christine's book and DVD I have learned to walk, sit and stand in a new way, with my butt stuck out, not tucked in, and walking taller. I definitely feel more female, less restrained and buttoned up, freer and more sensual (and guess what, probably more sexy as well).

Yes, sex is different now to how it was 30 years and three grownup babies ago; my vagina is not virginal and tight anymore, but have I learned some good tricks along the way?? You can use your imagination on that, but here are my rules for sex with prolapse.

Rule 1. Learn to empty your bladder *properly* before sex, so you can really relax and enjoy the whole experience.

Rule 2. Rewrite the sex books to suit yourselves, because e.g., your G spot has probably moved, and in a different sex position will have changed its location again! :-O

Rule 3. Keep your vulva as dry as possible to avoid chaffing and burn from stress incontinence-induced dampness. For me this has meant changing my knickers more frequently, and going without when I can.

Rule 4. Avoid removing too much pubic hair around your vulva (sorry if this is TMI) so that you don't get chaffed between your labia. Maybe pubic hair has a protective function after all.

I am also going to try making myself 'boxer shorts' in silk and fine cotton, cut on the bias so that they hang loosely more like a skirt or trouser lining than lycra knickers. My vulva is now very close to my anus (this really is TMI, isn't it). Hopefully it will move back up a bit in time. In the meantime my boxers may help with hygeine (for avoiding urinary tract infections and thrush etc.) and keeping any dampness away from my vulva. Has anybody else had any thoughts on this?

Hope these ideas are some help, Angela.

I tried this about six months ago.

I was also very much impressed with all the testimonials on their site. doh!

But the instrument is a strange shape... it's got a sort of hard lip in it which makes it pretty hard to get in and out when there's added tissue in the vagina.

I used it only once as I hadn't expected it to have that wierd design feature. And now i think that this isn't the way to go any more anyways, (armed with all my whole woman info)

xxx

I think this device should probably be retired into the same creepy museum as forceps and the e-stim machine!

I agree wholeheartedly! The gadget made me feel sort of weird and freakish. I found this site when I first started using the Kegelmaster and wrote in about my success. However, after I had gradulated to the 3rd pin setting, my cystocele appeared to worsen
:( . I also started to feel like I was getting an infections while using it. I am so happy I found this site, utilizing the posture every day and using the sea sponges when I am standing a lot has helped wonders! I guess the KM really was a marketing gimmick after all. Shame on them!