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.
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fab
November 9, 2012 - 11:18pm
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Welcome Ruthie2012
Welcome Ruthie2012
Whole woman work is really about posture which you may have read about in the previous post by surviving. You can look under the FAQs on the home page to find a description of WWposture. The sooner you can get started on adopting the WWposture the quicker you can start on your way to improving things.
We really do advise new comers to purchase Christine Kent's book "Saving the wholewoman", it really contains everything you want to know about prolapse. It really is important to know exactly what you are dealing with.
Read around on the site and search rectocele in the search box at the top of the page and you will find a lot has been discussed about it. Specific to rectocele, but important to all prolapse, is the avoidance of straining on the toilet (and lifting as you mentioned). This in turn leads you on the quest to improving your diet in search of the perfect stool: regular, and easy to pass.
So you have a bit of work ahead of you and a lot of information to get on top of, but you have a wonderful motivation in expecting your first grandchild in March. (I was born in March, all us best kids were.)
As for the running, it seems like you have a lot of factors working against you at the moment, but with someone like yourself who can obviously push the envelop and show a lot of enthusiasm you have space to put wholewoman into dedicated practice and that's a good beginning. It works. Come back with anymore questions you may have. Just think of it not as a replacement for running, but an interim arrangement. Ultimately, WWposture will become something you will want to do for the rest of your life.
best wishes, Fab
Surviving60
November 12, 2012 - 8:47am
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Hi Ruthie - One of the best
Hi Ruthie - One of the best ways to get into WW posture is with lots and lots of mindful walking. For you, right now, this can and should take the place of running. Once your body learns the posture, you will be able to tell which activities you can handle and which need to be modified in order to guard the lumbar curvature and the support of the organs in the lower belly. This program works! I had large babies and I'm sure I experienced some PP prolapse, but at the time I just wrote off any feelings of heaviness to normal recovery. The bulges did not start to re-appear until the years leading up to menopause, and I did not actually figure out what was happening until after menopause. I was never an athlete, but I was always fit and I did lots of exercising over the years. The wrong stuff, unfortunately. I kegeled and I followed the Jane Fonda workout philosophy of "stomach pulled in, butt tucked under". If only I could turn back the clock, and adopted this posture post-partum. - Surviving