New here - Hello - Grade 2 Prolapse

Hi Sue,

I wish I could calm all your fears, but this work is very new and we are just getting all the pieces put together. I must ask you to take a deep breath and also take responsibility for slowly and carefully studying your situation until you see the truth of it. Then you will know the best way to proceed.

We have one woman, Jane (fullofgrace), who gave a beautiful, easy homebirth to her third child while significantly prolapsed. She was completely in control and birthed standing with little or no pain. Her prolapse returned no worse than before and she is doing very well today with her condition completely stabilized.

In the standing, kneeling, or squatting position, the bladder is held horizontally over the pubic bone while the vertical baby slides past. We have millions of years of evolution behind this design that is completely protective of our pelvic organs. It is when we labor on our backs that the fascial structures surrounding the bladder/cervix are pulled unnaturally down toward the vagina. This is very easy to visualize, right? Another concept to keep in mind is that the cervix DOES NOT push down into the birth canal with the baby, but rather PULLS UP over the baby

Hi.
You will find the link to order the video at the bottom of the home page.
The letters saying click here to order the video are quite small but there is a picture of the cover of the video beside them.
Regards,
Flora:-)

Hi Sue...sorry your email wasn't answered. The DVD is universal and we've sent many to the UK - you might find one at flea market! :-) The book primarily explains why to avoid surgery if at all possible. Be sure to download the information on posture (on the home page) and understand that this is not a quick fix but a way to live well with a chronic condition.

p.s. I visited Kent once and loved it!

The DVD is called "First Aid for Prolapse" and it is not on Amazon. You need to have Adobe Reader to read the downloads and there is a link to that on the download request page.

Sue...could you email my publisher if you have further problems? Just send an email to [email protected] and copy [email protected]. Thanks! (they know more about the technicalities than I do.) :-)

Dear Sue,

Now that I know you are currently pregnant, I suggest waiting on the video/DVD. Several of the exercises in that series should not be done in pregnancy. The book will open your eyes and allow you to see how important it is that you pay attention to this chronic condition so as to avoid surgery if at all possible.

Since you emailed me that you still cannot get the download to work, here is the standing posture:

1. Understand how important the arches of your feet are and go barefoot as much as possible. Walk with your feet pointing straight ahead and your ankles not bending in or out.

2. Do not lock your knees, but keep them soft.

3. Relax your belly over your pubic bone. This is like lengthening the area between pubic bone and navel. It is not a sticking out of the stomach, but a proud holding. The muscles should be somewhat firm, but never tense.

4. This creates a more pronounced curve in your lower spine. Understand that this curve creates the internal anatomy that keeps the pelvic organs positioned over the pubic bone.

5. Keep your shoulders down and your upper back flat and broad. Do not pull the shoulders back as in military posture, but press them down while broadening the area between shoulder blades.

6. Elongate your neck. Do this by making your head go up and forward by slightly tucking your chin. The human head is not meant to be carried out in front of the body.

7. The seated postures are sitting crosslegged on the ground (or any other surface) while maintaining all aspects of the upper body posture; sitting with a staight spine with your legs stretched out in front of you; and sitting on a small cushion with your legs folded underneath.

Work on this posture slowly and joyfully. Rest as often as you need to and understand that your entire musculoskeletal system is being reframed, so fatigue is a given. I have no idea what your physical limitations are, so check this program out with your doctor. Jane, our resident pregnant-and-prolapsed expert found the posture of great benefit while pregnant. In the final months, don

I used to say "push the navel down and over the pubic bone", but that implied straining, which is not what we want. Just keep practicing all the components that I described to you (head and shoulders lead the rest) and as our member Joybliss said, "You just know it when you have it." The posture is very effortless once the body is trained to hold it.

Barefoot is best, especially outside over natural terrain. Second best is comfortable, supportive footwear and old running shoes are as good as any.

Also practice not straining at all on the toilet - you only have to lift up a half an inch and this is very easily accomplished by rocking onto your feet.

The idea is not to have internal pressures stopping at your hips (the toilet seat). It doesn't matter how high or low the toilet itself is, but whether you can lift up a bit off the seat when you have to push. This creates a more natural half-squat and allows the organs to be unaffected by the raising of intraabdominal pressure.

Give the sea sponge a try. Some women find them very useful and others like myself (uterine prolapse), are more comfortable without them.