When I first “cracked the code” on stabilizing and reversing prolapse, and wrote and published Saving the Whole Woman, I set up this forum. While I had finally gotten my own severe uterine prolapse under control with the knowledge I had gained, I didn’t actually know if I could teach other women to do for themselves what I had done for my condition.
So I just started teaching women on this forum. Within weeks, the women started writing back, “It’s working! I can feel the difference!”
From that moment on, the forum became the hub of the Whole Woman Community. Unfortunately, spammers also discovered the forum, along with the thousands of women we had been helping. The level of spamming became so intolerable and time-consuming, we regretfully took the forum down.
Technology never sleeps, however, and we have better tools today for controlling spam than we did just a few years ago. So I am very excited and pleased to bring the forum back online.
If you are already a registered user you may now log in and post. If you have lost your password, just click the request new password tab and follow the directions.
Please review and agree to the disclaimer and the forum rules. Our moderators will remove any posts that are promotional or otherwise fail to meet our guidelines and will block repeat offenders.
Remember, the forum is here for two reasons. First, to get your questions answered by other women who have knowledge and experience to share. Second, it is the place to share your results and successes. Your stories will help other women learn that Whole Woman is what they need.
Whether you’re an old friend or a new acquaintance, welcome! The Whole Woman forum is a place where you can make a difference in your own life and the lives of thousands of women around the world!
Best wishes,
Christine Kent
Founder
Whole Woman
Christine
August 27, 2010 - 11:05am
Permalink
postpartum healing
Hello and welcome, HM2boys,
Read through the FAQs, watch the WW clips on YouTube, and the movie in the Village public theatre.
Postpartum prolapse often corrects itself regardless of major postural or lifestyle changes. However, I would encourage you to learn about your true anatomy and how to keep your organs well-positioned for the rest of your life. Your symptoms will resolve sooner and probably completely if you adopt the WW posture.
All young prolapsed mommies go through a very difficult emotional period, which is natural and will pass. You will become stronger and more powerful as you heal - and I have no doubt that you will heal.
Wishing you well!
Christine
melhop
August 27, 2010 - 8:15pm
Permalink
Happy Mamato2boys
You are going to be fine. It will take time, but don't worry. My husband tells me I feel the same as I always have when we make love. When you lie down, your organs will go back into the natural positions as there is no weight or gravity to act on the ligaments and facia.
Melly
louiseds
August 29, 2010 - 11:43pm
Permalink
3 weeks pp with a toddler
Hi Mama
Welcome to Wholewoman, and congratulations on the birth of your second baby. Hope you are enjoying both of them right now. If you are, then you are superwoman, which I was not.;-)
What you are doing is really hard, but it will get easier. I know that is easy for me to say. My babies are 28, 25 and 23!
But seriously, your body will try and convince you that there is no hope of being normal ever again, over and over again, for the next few months. By about 9 months postpartum you should be getting some hints of progress to recovery, so it is a long road for you. After that you will still have until 2 years postpartum until your body has fully reverted, then there will may be subtle improvement for some years after that.
As for how you are feeling in your heart at the moment, I can only offer you a (((cyberhug))) and encourage you to not lose hope. You have done well, identifying and admitting to feelings of shame, losing your compass, fearing loss of your sexuality, shock, disbelief and general grief. That is a lot to cope with, while you are struggling with a toddler and a new baby. Be gentle on yourself.
These feelings in themselves are enough to slouch you over and worsen your prolapses. Be aware that you need to give your body the best opportunity to recover that you can. This means opening up your posture, lift those lovely life-giving boobs and be proud of the wonderful job you have done, birthing two babies and looking after them. I bet hour husband is bursting with pride for his wife and children, and loves you even more than he did before, even if he can see that you are not weathering it all very well in your heart.
Take it slowly. Be gentle on yourself. Get as much physical help as you can for a few weeks, and don't try to be super woman.
The other thing to watch out for is that your feelings don't take you down too far. Postnatal depression is real, and getting professional help to deal with it (even if you are not sure that is what it is) is the first step towards getting over it. Don't sit on your suffering and hope it will go away all by itself.
You will eventually love and trust your body again. Your sexuality will return. You are probably not quite ready for it yet, anyway, but your body will not always feel like this. Remember that you went into the first pregnancy having never been pregnant before, but this time your body was already stretched, so it will probably take longer to recover, and you might have a more, um, 'mature' (aka looser) body from now on, which is just what happens after the enormous stretching and changes that have happened. It is OK.
Keep calling back.
Louise