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I am 48yrs old and I now know that I have had a stage 2 uterine prolapse for 13 years since the very traumatic birth of my first son. Shortly after the birth I was aware that things 'down there' didn't feel quite right but no one seemed concerned so I just accepted it as one of the costs of natural childbirth.

I tried cutting all dairy products about a month ago to see if it could help me deal with hay fever season. It did more than that: I have almost no allergies symptoms and a lot less gas! I tried reintroducing dairy twice to see if the undesirable effects would come back and they did the next day for all day long. I also noticed my uretrocystocele bulge is smaller, although I am having my period and it should be worse.

Well, just when I decide I can live with my rectocele hanging out of my body, my cystocele fell completely. I was at church Sunday and holding my daughter while someone kept talking and talking after services. I would say I was holding her for about 45 minutes and she is about 20 pounds. Suddenly I felt a horrific pulling pain just above my pubic bone that almost sent me to my knees. It has come and gone in waves since. I went to the doctor yesterday and she confirmed my bladder has completely fallen. I thought prolapses were painless.

I'm 54, post-menopausal, with a cystocele that has recently become worse, after a year of largely "living well" and using WW techniques. Twinges felt in my abdomen suggest to me that perhaps some ligaments have let go a little more, and my POP is more irritating and producing more episodes of incontinence. I hope this is not a permanet setback, but it is a depressing experience. I wonder if some medication I'm on has contributed.

Since I had supracervical hyst, I have felt a discomfort in my lower back when sitting in a lazy boy or riding as a passenger in a car. i do not notice it when driving myself nor when walking nor laying down. Could this be displaced sensatins from the slit on my front side that accomodated the abdominal hyst.

A 50+ male friend has just been diagnosed with lichen sclerosis. Could anyone with experience of this problem make any helpful suggestions? So far, prescribed topical steroids have not helped. As (bad) luck would have it, he is about to leave for a romantic foreign holiday with his girl friend, but sex appears to be off the menu. Comments?

I'm 9.5 months postpartum, I use Whole Woman techniques, and I feel bloody good.

There has been some mention recently on the Forums of the idea of thinking about the pelvis as a bucket. I do not understand exactly how this is helpful for us, because the pelvis does not have a floor at the bottom and a wider opening at the top. It has bones at the bottom, a sloping pelvic wall (usually called a floor, but floors are horizontal.)at the back, a sacrum at the top and the front is open. The only bucket it resembles when a woman is standing is a narrow front-end loader bucket. Stand up and feel your own pelvis and see if you can feel it acting in the shape of a bucket?

Hello,

Whilst whole woman approach has clearly helped a lot of people, perhaps it is important to consider, debate and emphasize the following points: (these detail some things I have learned over last 9 months which conflict with some of the whole woman stuff, would be interested in your opinions).