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alemama
November 16, 2007 - 9:56pm
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I can totally relate to the time issue
I have a 4,3, and 1 year old so this will be short- but I do believe that you are very early post partum and that your cystocele may very well resolve- especially if it is very minor. Mine is gone- Rectocele is still there though. Don't fight your body- work with it. Start the posture now!
nikki4444
November 17, 2007 - 12:46am
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Oh that cursed mirror. :-)
Yes, the mirror. I know exactly where you are - I was there too (most of us probably have been) about a year ago. I too was newly postpartum and discovered a huge bulge... so I go get the mirror. I had never looked down there before that I can remember so I can honestly say I didn't know what "normal" - if there really is such a thing - looked like (nor can I say I do now). That mirror was a daily routine for a long time. Then, life gets busy (you know how that is with 3 kids) and you come to terms with it. Mirror only enters my world now about twice a month. Things get more stabilized with posture and acceptance as time goes on. You will probably see marked improvement over the next year. There might be setbacks, but overall you will most likely find you have no time for the mirror.
Hugs,
Nikki
sheppie
November 17, 2007 - 7:27pm
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yes a battle
Hi
As a 5 month pp woman and 2 prolapses and other issues...I can tell you that one day maybe 5 days hey....maybe even 20 days can be great. Then something happens and it lowers a bit again.
I have posted on here about this and the wisdom is over powering. Know this....you will obsess about this now ( I did up until about 3 weeks ago) and then like was previously said...life takes over and you learn to deal. I actually posted in my 1st post about possibly "resenting my son (baby)".
I was proud of myself in conversation with a great friend today...I said simply
"we all have our crosses to bear, this is mine and I will deal with it".
I have come a long way and this is ALL THANKS TO THIS AMAZING BOARD.
Sheppie
granolamom
November 17, 2007 - 10:31pm
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obsessed with the *&^% mirror
I was too.
felt MUCH better when I stopped looking all the time.
4 weeks pp is so early, so much can and will change in the next few months. just recently (I'm about 6 mo pp)I got out the dang mirror and had myself a peek. I'm happy I did though because everything looked so much better than it did a few months ago.
get into the posture asap
and enjoy your baby :)
Soupy
November 18, 2007 - 5:52am
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keep a diary
about how you feel rather than how 'it' looks. i wish i had started one earlier and then it would be easier to remind myself about how much better things have become in a relatively short space of time. As Sheppie said...you can have a run of great days and then a few that aren't, and having things written down helps you to remember that after the downs come the ups (literally!) and helps to do away with that sense of panic.
At 4 weeks postpartum, your body has a ton of healing to do and it will get loads better. the prolapse i have stopped peeking at about 10 weeks postpartum and I havn't noticed it being as low as that since. I do feel it pressing on my perinium from time to time but that is happening more infrequently too.
from my own experience i can go a whole day now and realise i havn't felt it (symptoms)... i've come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter how prolapsy things are, if i'm feeling fine in myself then that i have one really is inconsequential to me...When i do feel them its just a reminder to be a bit more careful about how i'm standing, walking and sitting.
sorry for lack of caps...i'm typing 1 handed with a fat baby asleep on my knee. try not to worry too much, it will get lods better and enjoy those new baby snuggles...
Soup xxx
nhmommy3
November 18, 2007 - 1:09pm
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So I'm reading all your
So I'm reading all your posts and I have to vent. First before I begin my rant would like to say I am thrilled that there is a site for me to rant because everyone (my husband, family and friends) are getting tired of me talking about my v-j-j constantly. I am really just pissed about the whole thing. That's it just pissed. I'm pissed that I never knew anything about this before. Where's the Oprah special? I don't remember hearing Dr. Oz talk about prolapse. I am thrilled that so many of you have a positive outlook. It makes me think maybe I will be positive in the future. I hope to God this is not my "cross to bare". That will just tick me off further.
I'm doing the posture. I'm a bit of sloucher so I have to catch myself and correct. It seems to be helping. I walked around the playground today with my kids and felt ok. My husband got to run around with them and that made me resentful and sad. Also, I swear if he tells me one more time to have a positive attitude then goes downstairs to run on the treadmill...I'm going to kill him. Well that's enough from me today. I'm running on about 4 hours sleep. Everyone is napping except me because I'm on this site obsessed with learning more.
granolamom
November 19, 2007 - 10:32am
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a cross to bear
everyone's got one.
this one honestly isn't so bad. faced with the choice of a prolapse or some of the things I see others coping with, I just might choose this.
that said, if my dh told me to have a positive attitude and then went for a run, I'd want to kill him too.
I hate when people tell me to stay positive. grrrrr.
if it helps any, I was plenty pissed off too when I started with this prolapse thing. not positive at ALL. the polyanna's that used to frequent this site were inspiring and infuriating at the same time. and look at me now, I think I may be becoming one of them. strange how that happens.
nhmommy3
November 19, 2007 - 1:05pm
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I was definitely in a bad
I was definitely in a bad place yesterday...lack of sleep is getting to me. Today is much better. More sleep= better attitude. After I wrote the post yesterday I happened to read your post about dd's best friend's mom. I felt like such an a**. There are definitely worse things in the world. I am blessed with good health and a beautiful new baby boy. I'm just itching to be back to normal or find some sense of the new normal. ya know?
granolamom
November 19, 2007 - 1:34pm
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I know
there's times I just want to be back to 'normal' too
and sleep deprivation is really rough on the psyche.
I'm happy today is a better day for you :)