What was the worse POP you've had and how long did it take you to recover

when i first realized i had a prolapse at 3 weeks post partum it was probaly at a grade 3 my cystocele anyways and my rectocele at a 2 or 1.....i was so discouraged and scared that i was going to live the rest of my life like that! i cringe to think back at how BAD it was but i am so happy to think about how FAR i really have come since then.....I am now 71/2 months postpartum and i have more good days then bad...and my bad days are NOWHERE near what they were when i first found this. I would say my cystocele is at a 1 now and sometimes at a 2 when i am having a not so comfortable day...my rectocele doesnt bother me much anymore since i have changed a lot of what i eat. And to tell you the truth i have only done bits and pieces of the WW lifestyle....i have changed my posture for the most part...i do firebreathing once a day..i eat a lot of fiber and hardly any fast food...no straining on the toilet and i lean forward alittle too while keeping my posture. To me everything feels so much stronger down there...im not in fear of everything falling out and i have so much confidence in my body now. I have a feeling that in the next year i will be mostly asymptomatic....especially once i start doing more of the excersises in the book and on the DVD which i have yet to get. So it just shows you that your body can bounce back from this even when things look really bad.
Just today i was noticing a scar on the back of my leg that i have had for over 10 years....it keeps changing all the time....just a few years ago there was still a chunk of tissue gone in that area(i had stitches)and now it is almost completely flat there and barely noticable. So i think my body will heal the tissues down there just as well as it has healed my scares....why not?
I hope this encourages you some..i get down every now and then still but things always get better...im still alittle freaked out at the thought of going back to work and being on my feet but i know when the time comes things will be even better and my body will just get stronger to compensate for it.

i got my POPs at 3 weeks PP, first a cycstocele which was grade 3, so bulging out of me and was huge all the time even when i wasn't full! then my uterus fell on top of it (1 knuckle?) and then my rect pretty much matches my cystocele, but they'd take turns--they were like a plum bulging out.
i was back at work at 6 months PP and was soooo much better then, i didn't feel it constantly by then. i had a few ups and downs, but by 13 months i was fairly asymptomatic much of the time and it's just kept getting better.
i've learned ot manage it much better, know my rect is down to what i eat largely, wear tampons if i feel bulgy, wear loose clothes, exercise appropriately, and do all the other stuff we all talk about. i only recently started teh breathings and they've really helped to, so it keeps getting better.
i'm now classed as "mild".
so, it can get SOOOOO much better, just keep the faith which i know is hard when it all feels awful and you are in PP flux.
i made my whole first year about healing--we cancelled trips, i asked for all the help i could, spent a lot of time lying down playing, and really took it easy as much as i could with two kids. even now i don't lift, all my friends know i need help (if i don't want to say what's up to people i say it's my back / pelvis whatever), and i think that's really helped my healing. i know it's hard when you hae to do everything, but remember--you don't. make your job be children and bare necessities--cleaning can wait till next year, ask people to help, whatever...and just rest in between.

hope that helps remind you it will get sooooo much better!
and the emotions will get easier too...remember, your body is in a huge physical and emotional state of flux right now!!!

hope you are getting babymoon time...

kiki

close your legs and get in bed and just drink in your sweet baby. one week postpartum-come on, look at your whole body. Does it look anything like it will a year from now? Heck no. If you are anything like me you have a very loose belly, it hurts to stand on one foot, and your boobs are often hard as rocks. Please don't let this get into your mind. It is hard enough to deal with postpartum hormones- and if you are not careful you will find yourself fixating on this and everything else will take a back seat. Please just trust that your body has healing to do and support that healing with rest and nutrition and positive thoughts.
You know this is not as good as it is going to get.
If you are really worried about your uterus you can get on knees and elbows for a while every day.
and yes you could have felt POP free b/c of the pregnancy- but I doubt that is what happened- I am sure you had just improved and you will again! Congratulations on your baby.

Fruitful womb,
When I was four weeks pp I noticed HUGE bulges in my vagina. Now they are really tiny when they show up. Also my cervix was really close to the opening, now it is where it always was. I wouldn't touch anything in there anymore until you stop bleeding. Your cervix is very open right now and you don't want to get an infection(I'm not trying to scare you, just be cautious!). But seriously my vagina was almost inverted! By six weeks pp it was barely noticeable (in fact my doctor said I didn't have a prolapse at my postpartum checkup). You know that it will get better and you know that life goes on with or without a prolapse! So don't worry and cuddle with your little baby.
Lyricmama

postpartum bulges are EVERYWHERE! alemama's right, you just can't look now. its too soon.
your uterus still has plenty of shrinking up to do and that will likely pull the cervix up some. for now, keep your fingers outta there and if you must think about it, visualize all that shrinking/pulling up.
as to why you're getting so emotionally worked up, HORMONES WILL DO THAT TO YOU. I love being pg, I love laboring and birthing, but oh goodness do I have a hard time with the first three months pp. I get worked up over everything. and prolapse is a big thing, its your BODY. but know that it will get better than this (and if it gets worse initially, know that many of us experienced the worse-before-better pp).
now go snuggle with that delicious baby.