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What a blessing to find this forum just as I am looking for others with the same or similar plight as mine.
I had several closely spaced pregnancies decades ago, but just now have experienced these prolapse related symptoms and am seeing my doc on Mon. She automatically whisked me off to GYN. I experience the bladder pressure, urinary frequency to the point of exasperation, and related gastrointestinal symptoms. I'm a physical fitness addict so I'm at the gym daily for 2 hour workouts, and started to think that the kinds of exercises I'm doing may be aggravating my condition.

One thing I notice is that having small, spaced meals helps to some extent. In that area I eat super healthy, fruits, vegetables, salads, salmon etc. If I overload at one meal, the symptoms --inc. urinary frequency increase. The position I sleep in at night also factors in.

I took myself off coffee and caffeinated tea thinking that might help.. but I don't see a huge difference in my symptoms. After all is said and done, fruits and veggies have high water content and will still load the bladder up. I am totally against any type of surgical intervention and will learn to live with this consulting
naturalist docs and others who are of practical sane mind, and woman empowered.

Hi Scarlatti777,
Welcome to this site. So glad you found it. You'll find a wealth of help, advice and support here.
Like all of us here, you've been diagnosed with a pelvic organ prolapse. Thankfully this is not life threatening and the WW approach enables you to take control of your prolapse and although there are no guarantees in life, most likely improve & manage your symptoms, safely, naturally and effectively.

Some women find it helpful to be exainined and get a diagnosis from a medic, whislt others prefer to avoid this process and self diagnose and treat themselves. Either way, it's helpful to know what kind of pelvic organ prolapse you have; usually a bulge at the fron/cystocele, a bulge at the back/rectocele or the cervix dropping down. uterine prolapse - or a combination, usually a cystocele - rectocele which may keep the cervix nicely tucked up above. Christine calls this 'nature's pessary". Pelvic organ proplapse/pop is a very common condition amongst women of all ages. So you're far from alone.

Sounds like you have a very healthy diet - and are very fit. Well done you. It's possible that some of the exercise/s you've been doing may have inadvertently been a factor in your pop, alongside other factors.

This is a holistic approach which incorporates good diet, fluid intake, elimination, breathing, WW posture and exercise, clothing, life-style, reduction of stress, max of joy.... The psoture is the key factor in recovery/maintenance. You go back to the posture whenever you can.

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xwwuk

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