Uterine prolapse

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Hi i would like to know if anyone who has a 2/3rd degree uterine prolapse has found how the menapause effects it one thing i was told is that the uterus wouls shrink so that shouls make it better.when i was having periods each month it would swell up each month.hope to hear

Hi Trumper

Yes, that has been my experience. My uterus got quite small before menopause, and I presume it still is. I certainly do not have that swelling of the uterus and bloating of the abdomen that I used to have. The post-menopause uterus is smaller than that of a five year old girl. That's pretty small!

I certainly have not found that my POPs have gotten any worse since periods stopped. Menopause is one of those weird words that I think we sometimes use wrongly. As far as I could ascertain the ups and downs, the mood swings, the bleeding and all that other unmanageable stuff happened in the five years or more preceding menopause, which is technically called perimenopause. That is the time when so many women have repairs and hysterectomies because they are at the worst stage, and cannot see that in a few years time the menstrual cycle that is giving them so much grief will calm right down and leave them alone. Heavy bleeding can be scary. Mood swings can wreak havoc on relationships that might be under chronic stress. Hot flashes can ruin your clothing and your social life.

It is easy to see how a woman who is promised freedom by her doctor from 'women's problems ', no matter how hollow the promise, would jump at the opportunity.

Yes, it was a pain sometimes, but I knew it wasn't going to last for ever, and it didn't.

Louise