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louiseds
May 15, 2008 - 9:38am
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Postpartum again
Hi Kay
You've had another baby! Well done.
Yes, of course your prolapses will get better, just like the first time. What ya gotta remember is that you went into this last pregnancy with prolapsed pelvic organs, whereas you didn't the first time. It seems worse now, but in a year's time it probably won't be. Don't be too swift to blame this last birth. More than likely the first birth setting the ball rolling set you up for this, and another pregnancy and birth has brought it all down for a while.
Ya also gotta remember that an awful lot of stretching and moving has happened to your already prolapsed pelvic area and organs with the second pregnancy and birth, so it is natural to expect all the stretchiness to hang around for a while. Inside, you will never be like you were before the first pregnancy, and you will always have the prolapses, but they won't necessarily bother you any more in the longrun, than they did before your second pregnancy.
By my calculations you were less than 12 months postpartum when you fell pregnant the second time, so your body may not have completely recovered from the first pregnancy. I think you will find that there is a good chance a full 12 months after this second baby that your body will probably be as good as, or better than it was when you fell pregnant the second time, just because it will have had time to fully recover. It really takes that long, even longer sometimes, not only the 6 weeks that is regarded as the last postnatal visit by the doctor.
I personally think that the recovery from pregnancy and birth goes on for years. Several years after my third baby I remember realising that my pelvic contents no longer slopped around in my belly, but felt much more solid.
So ... no heavy lifting for a while, empty your bladder properly at least once a day, no straining on the toilet, plenty of fibre, loose belly clothes, and WW posture whenever you're not horizontal. You know the deal. Now wipe that black cloud away, paint a smile on ya dial and get on with loving those babies.
Cheers
Louise
kay
May 17, 2008 - 2:08pm
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Thanks you
Louise, thank you so much!
Your response is really getting me through...I have been rereading it when I am feeling down.
Kay