post-rectocele repair

Body: 

I have had a rectocele repair, and still have a prolapse, I think it's my uterus. Will Saving the Whole Woman be of any value to me since I have already had surgery?

Hi Lana

It is hard to say whether you will get benefit or not. As your body has been surgically changed, Wholewoman posture will have slightly different effects on your body. However, all the other Wholewoman techniques will apply to you. You will benefit from them the same way as all other women.

There doesn't seem to be any other help for women who have had surgical repairs so it is worth giving it a try, as long as you seek to understand your body while you do it. It is hard enough to understand the mechanics of a three dimensional pelvis and its associated contents, without trying to understand the surgical changes and the effect they will have.

Further surgical repairs may be offered to you, but it is important to realise that the success rate of subsequent surgeries is generally lower than the first procedure done.

You will need to find out from your surgeon exactly what procedures were done.

You will also need to familiarise yourself with your own genitals and figure out what is prolapsing. Does it come from the front vaginal wall, or the back vaginal wall? Is it related to the site of the surgery? Where is your cervix? Can you feel the little dimple in the middle of it?

Use the Search box to look for the name of the procedure and also any other keywords that you can think of that might find topics that you can relate to. There is now about nine years worth of women's experiences in these Forums, a mighty resource.

Louise