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louiseds
July 11, 2011 - 8:20am
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What next????
Hi Jessie-girl
I guess you are starting to say, "What next? What other surprises does the Down There Fairy have for me?" I think in your situation I would feel equally dismayed. (((Jessie-girl))).
OK, so you feel that you don't have any pelvic floor muscles. I had no pelvic floor muscle movement at all after the birth of my second baby, and it was easily fixed by some electrical stimulation therapy, just to get them moving again. I would suggest that you find a good women's health physiotherapist and see if you can get some treatment for this. I don't know if it is possible to not have pelvic floor muscles, but I think it would be a good move to find out what is stopping you from moving them. It may be quite simple. Or it may take some time, if they have been immobile for a long time. I would think that lack of ability to move them would definitely contribute to the looseness that you feel! The sooner you start, the sooner you will get some results.
Re the subseptate uterus, have a look at this Forum,
http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/f297/subseptate-uterus-sucess-storie... . I googled 'subseptate uterus' and got quite a few different types of hits. It is often easier to accept something with a weird name if you can find out more about it. Kind of robs it of its sting. It's bad enough to find out that your uterus is not normal, but I would think you are lucky to have found out before trying to have babies, from the bit of reading that I did.
Yes, life hands out some doozies sometimes. Do you feel OK about finding a physiotherapist to get your pelvic floor working? Take care, and call back again.
Louise
doubtful
July 12, 2011 - 4:06am
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Feeling the unfairness
I haven't got much specific medical advice Jessie Girl, but I so empathise with your feeling of the unfairness of your situation. I got off relatively lightly with pelvic issues - a small pop after two large babies- but I have been through times of a cascade of health problems at the same time - joint inflammation, severe allergy, adult acne, cardiac inflammation and severe anemia. All I can say is that it felt so unfair, and I often felt despairing, but it made me start to research and look after myself and I am gradually seeing improvements in so many of them: For instance, I hardly ever get flare ups of palpitations any more - and they used to scare me - and I am managing my acne/ joint pain and allergy much better. Ironically, all these improvements came with me discovering I had a small pop, and then starting to research, beginning with this site, and look into anti-inflammatory diets. For me that pop - devastating at first - has been a real blessing because it has made me much healthier.
I know, it's easy for me to say in my forties ( although I am very immature for my age!). Most of us treat our bodies as though we are indestructible at your age and that's one of the irresponsible joys of being young. But it may well be that because you have had to face this challenge so young, you will be in a hell of a lot better shape than your peers when you are my age - or younger, post babies if you want them.
Early last autumn when I was still obsessed with my pop I had a dream in which all my health problems were somehow visible on my body in a very extreme way, and I felt so proud of that body because it was mine and I was going to nurture it and live in it the best way I could. And I woke up feeling so happy. It sounds insubstantial but insisting on loving your body emotionally, as well as trying to help it physically, really does help.
Hugs and offload here all you like.
Doubtful