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.
So I just started teaching women on this forum. Within weeks, the women started writing back, “It’s working! I can feel the difference!”
From that moment on, the forum became the hub of the Whole Woman Community. Unfortunately, spammers also discovered the forum, along with the thousands of women we had been helping. The level of spamming became so intolerable and time-consuming, we regretfully took the forum down.
Technology never sleeps, however, and we have better tools today for controlling spam than we did just a few years ago. So I am very excited and pleased to bring the forum back online.
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UKmummy
May 2, 2006 - 12:38pm
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Hi there and welcome
Hi there and welcome meimei126,
Yes there are MANY of us going through the same thing. Please read lots of posts if you can find time with a little one and you will see that you are not alone! You can order the book through the whole woman store or through Amazon as well and if you read the FAQ's it explains the posture. As for sex.................yes it is definitely possible!! Don't feel alone with this.
Hugs,
Michelle.
mummy76
May 2, 2006 - 1:03pm
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Hello
I know it's horrible.. I found out about my cystocele about the same time as you (I'm just over three months now). I can also feel a bulge but the doctor and also a hospital gynocologist assures me that it's a mild prolapse (so don't believe everything you read on the internet). The only way I've dealt with it so far is to chat to people on this board, pray a bit, do kegels, take it easy and I've got some physio starting next week. I'm trying to hold out some faith it'll get better as people assure me it can. I ordered the book on amazon but I think there's a link on this site you can get it off.
Keep us posted on how you're doing and don't feel alone!
Esther
olwid
May 2, 2006 - 1:57pm
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New Here
I just found this site and have enjoyed reading the different posts. Some are helpful. I am not young (58) and have an appointment with a OBGYN Thursday. I have been diagnosed with Cystocele and Rectocele. All around Prolapse. I had a hysterectomy 17 years ago.
I am tired of being totally uncomfortable and being held prisoner by this old body. I also have IBS which just aggravates things. After reading the posts I am not sure I want to go with the "tacking up" of my insides. I was pretty sure that is what I wanted before.
Now I am just more confused than ever. I definitely won't make any quick decisions.
metasequoia
May 2, 2006 - 3:47pm
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Hi meimei126, I am 7.5 weeks
Hi meimei126,
I am 7.5 weeks pp with my 3rd child & I think I have a mild cystocele as well. I have my 6 wk (well, 8 wk) check up next week. I never had this after my first two births & actually didn't have it immediately after this birth either. I noticed the bulgy feeling one day after I wore my baby in a sling ALL day long & wore pants that were waaay too tight around my belly, I kind of think that I squished my bladder down. I also strained with a bm around that time, so I wonder if it was one or both of those things that did it. I have hope that things will improve with time, we are both pretty fresh from giving birth. I have had sex twice & it never hurt. I've actually heard a few people say that sex actually seems to "push stuff back up there" LOL!
Depending on what I hear at my appt, I might seek physical therapy, some PT's work internally to help you kegel correctly & can do various techniques to help. I've also been seeing my chiro regularly (I alwas do) & she works on my pelvis which she says stimulates blood flow down there & all sorts of other beneficial stuff.
Good luck, this site has definitely been a comfort, I like the posture, I think it helps & Christine is right, it is just plain better for you, prolapse or no prolapse.
~Erin
ann.helen
May 3, 2006 - 8:45pm
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hi
Hi
Just an idea but there is an easy way to find out how your 'cele's respond to sex and i hope people don't take offense at this but it is to practice solo. Masturbation allows you to actually feel safe with yourself sexually and see how thing's somewhow lift right back up back into position with arousal, well this is the case with my urethracele. I am not sure what occurs with other 'cele's but i think this is a pragmatic thing to do.
For those who have reservation's about it well you know in the spirit of knowledge is power it's worth a shot.
I remember writing about my experiences elsewhere with my partner (all back to normal now) and i know other's have written positively too about resuming their regular sex life.
It can be a tricky subject to get into but that's one of the great benifits of christine's fab forum to get to air all the tricky to discuss stuff.
best wishes
Anne-helen
Wendy06
May 4, 2006 - 3:18am
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I find it helpful
to have sex! I agree that a bit of experimentation is wise at first to make sure you feel okay. I used to feel a bit self-conscious about prolapse, but my partner has never ever said that it has changed anything for him, and I don't find it spoils enjoyment. I have to say, I feel far less self-conscious since finding this website, and - after reading about surgery and its potential after-effects - very pleased to have my whole body! I don't take it for granted any longer!
Wendy
Wendy06
May 4, 2006 - 3:31am
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Olwid...
Hi there. Just realised you were new and no-one had replied yet. I hope this site can help you like it does the rest of us. I hope Christine will have some advice for you - I'm pretty new here myself and don't know whether everything here is applicable to prolapse after hysterectomy. I'm curious to know if you had prolapse before you had your hysterectomy, but obviously you don't need to answer that if you don't want! I hope you are feeling okay.
Wendy