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Hello, I had a episode of vaginal bleeding back in December of 2016. I have been diagnosed with atrophic vaginal and my doctor said it was coming from that. Tests were done and everything came back normal.

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Hi! I have just come from the Gyn and he dx a within normal range prolapse & cystocele for someone my age (48) who has had five children. His suggestions: get to use to the feeling and try to live with it, or have a hysterectomy. He said no amount of physio is going to change anything.

Every month after my cycle my vagina tends to feel swollen, it burns a bit, feels dry, and is overall a distinct kind of uncomfortable. I have prolapse but these symptoms seem to be distinct to the time after my bleeding stops each month. I did try honey for quite some time in the past and it did not seem to be what I needed to help these sympyoms. I have tried herbs that seem to help with low estrogen and that does help with this some. Does anyone else have this? It feels almost like it is more the entrance to the vagina than inside. There is an irritated, dry, burning, feeling.

I personally love reading updates as people move through this work so I thought I'd start my own update post.
I hesitate to put it in the success stories just yet (don't want to count my chickens etc) but I feel like this is the place for it.

I am new to the forum and am terrified. I have been battling bladder prolapse and rectal prolapse which has worsened from coughing when I got the flu. I can feel the bulge at the opening of my vagina but i also seem to have lost some of the sensation in my bladder. I do have sensations but not as strong. I do not want surgery. I am afraid there is no hope for me. I am 60 years old and pretty healthy otherwise. I am going to order the program and start the postures but I need some hope tonight. Is there anyone that had a bad prolapse that improved and went on to have a quality of life?

Hi, I discovered the Whole Woman site yesterday and am keen to get started to help myself. I am 51, 2 children born vaginally, still menstruating. I was told I had a prolapsed womb at a cervical smear exam several years ago. For a similar length of time I have avoided going on trampolines with my children, and occasional coughing viruses have resulted in me having to wear pads to catch about half the contents of my bladder, even if I thought I had just emptied it, the coughing would find some more urine.

Hi! I am having such bad anxiety over this new concern of a bladder prolapse. I joined this forum because I’d love some guidance and the posts have been very uplifting unlike many others. I am about 14 weeks postpartum to a beautiful baby boy. He is my second and they were both c sections. I was doing well but around 6-7 weeks started getting a dull vaginal pain a few times a day but didn’t think much of it. At 12 weeks my husband and I tried Intercourse and it was somewhat painful. I had swelling but figured it would go away.

This past fall, I discovered that I have rectal prolapse. I struggled with constipation for a few days and straining on the toilet when I noticed that there was stool that "just wouldn't come out". My mom suggested checking for a prolapse, and sure enough, that's what it was. Being only 23 with no children, I'm confused and scared at what this issue means for my body and my future. I'm unsure if it was the constipation episode (which is not something I regularly deal with) or if there are underlying issues that caused the prolapse.