Improvement Post Partum? what can happen...

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Hi all (again!)
(i will slow down on questions soon...)

Reading through posts I have read people talking about improvements post partum. I am just wondering, how dramatic can they be?
I have a cystolcele (bulging outside quite badly), a mild rectocele, and I think mild uterine prolapse (or cervix getting dragged down with the vaginal wall...).
I also have a nearly 7 week old baby (no. 2), with the prolapses following his birth.

How much hope is there of improvement post partum?
How dramatic can it be?
Or on the other hand, are things this early likely to keep getting worse?

would just love to know what might happen, and be prepared--either way.

thanks
k

Me again, I don't mean to monopolize the board, but all of this is SO close to my heart. I had such similar questions to you this time last year KiKi!

I think the amount of improvement post partum has to do with how much of the prolapse is caused by stretching of the ligaments, and how much is caused by tearing and damage.

My uterus improved very quickly and amazingly. So much so that the PT did not believe that my uterus had prolapsed at all when I saw her. I think this was caused by stretching of ligaments, and that the posture helped. As I have posted elsewhere, I also think the kegels helped somewhat perhaps with generally retoning everything to keep the uterus in place again. I have read of others who have seen similar improvement with primary uterine prolapse post partum.

However, I am left with obvious damage as I still have the rectocele, and small cystocele and these did not improve too much. As I have said, the rectocele was "ironed out" a little I think, but to be honest, this might be in my mind. It is so hard to be completely objective.

It seems that different women see different levels of improvement over time. Again, a frustrating situation as you wont really know for a while. Do know though that there can be SOME improvement and it really does take more than several months for things to feel anywhere near normal after giving birth to a baby vaginally.

I remember feeling in such limbo as no one could tell me what would happen with any certainty and this was so disconcerting for me!

I am sure I had a prolapse after my first birth that no one noticed- and it definatly got much better- and then after the second birth it got better too- but this time it is much more noticeable and isn't getting better at all - in fact I think the whole area is just worse-but I think it is going to get worse to a certian degree and then stabilize and then get better.
SO it must just be different from one time to another and one woman to another-