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I am 58 - and have had a rectocele for many years. I live in California. In 2013 I had a surgery to repair this and she left my vagina so small it was the size of a pencil. I am married and sexually active - so this was not an option.
She repaired it a few months later and left me - enormous. The rectocele was significantly reduced.

The best description of my symptoms was like my heartbeat felt like it was in my vaginal and rectum area. I had my yearly visit with the GYN, and she diagnosed me with mild rectecele. I never heard of such a thing nor of prolapse. She said they have a specialist in the group if I wanted to meet with him if I wanted to explore options to correct it. But she also said many women have this and never know about it and that I can live with it. I did not act on anything. I came across your site and have been practicing the WW posture and some of breathing and exercises.

I saw that there was a series of questions about the Arvigo massage technique awhile back in this forum. I would like to see if it is possible to have more discussion about it. I supplement the Whole Woman posture by going to a physical therapist that does Arvigo massage and the Feldencrais methods. Mainly I use the Whole Woman posture because it is what instantly improved my uterine prolapse about one month ago. I am so grateful to have found the Whole Woman work.

Hi - I'm about 9 weeks post partum with baby #2- found a cystocele around week 4 (freaked out did that whole thing, started searching - reading - reading) started the posture around week 5.
I haven't done too many of the workouts yet - just starting the first aid ones as time allows.

Hi i would like to know if anybody else has this problem with a uterine prolapse where the cervix and part of the womb are out of the body. I find the skin gets very dry rubs on clothing and cracks. I know the solution would be to use mosturising cream but is this safe. The skin on the cervix seems very fragile, and i supose it gets dry because it shouldnt be out of the body. Any advice of anyone suffering from this would be helpful

I started using the honey for my vaginal dryness and now I have this white discharge, I think I have a yeast infection. What a mess!

Hi, I was wondering what the wholewoman perspective/take on the breathing exercises that pelvic floor physical therapists recommend for postpartum women is? Are they considered beneficial ?

Hello ladies. So I'm about 10 months into this Whole woman work (and 21 months pp) and by all accounts my prolapse symptoms are improving massively. I have also gained greater understanding of how my monthly cycle affects my symptoms and with that I have achieved greater acceptance when they do come.

I have 3 fibroids wreaking havoc on my body. Have tried diet changes, supplements, and I just came off of a 21 day water fast in attempts to shrink fibroids. They seemed to reduce after the fast but last night I had constipation coupled with inability to pee, and I realized my stomach was feeling very swollen again due to these fibroids and I’m barely a week post fast eating just salads and a little homecooked pinto beans.