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Hi all,

Have any of you had manual physical therapy for prolapse? In addition to my prolapse I have Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Vulvodynia and IC. I used to go to PT which did help a bit for the vulvodynia, and my doctor has referred me to go again because of these other disorders I've recently been diagnosed with. If you have gone to PT, how useful has it been in regards to the prolapse? Have you found any relief from constipation from having PT?

thanks Nicole

I'm 7.5 weeks postpartum and am still hoping that things will just go away. Holding out hope is keeping me going right now. I do know it's getting better. When I first noticed my cystocele it was all the way down at the opening and very uncomfortable. Now, 3 weeks later, it's higher up and feels more like an out of place tampon, not nearly as uncomfortable as before. So I'll have a good day and think that it MUST be almost back to normal, so I go check and become very depressed because there's still a very noticable bulge.

I just wanted to thank all of you who responded so quickly to my first post. While I am still not happy about the situation, at least now I have a way to cope with it----and others to talk with about it---which is the most important part for me.

OK...... Weird and somewhat stupid but here is a thought for those happy people (Or previously happy)

Every night at 6pm I speak to my mother on the phone...

We spend an hour laughing - Totally hysterically at times...

Laughing = Internal pressure...

Could we have laughed ourselves into this POP situation?

That is a thought really as it makes you wanna think 'Don't be so flippin happy and stop all that hysterical tear dropping laughter'

But - Nevertheless it is a thought...

Can someone who is good at art or something do line drawings of 'out of posture' and 'in posture' so every woman will 100% understand it?

I have finally given in and am going to TALK to Mums gynae next month (Cost = £150 cos I wont let him do anything to me) An expensive conversation really - But oh well spose it might help - Or not who knows...

I will take the pre publication copy of Christines book with me so if he says 'Can i read that' I can let him take it and not freak about losing the blue copy. Will hope to get it back tho.

Hello Ladies,

I am wondering if anyone has had labial reduction surgery or needs/wants to have it done. I have spoken to my gynocologist about my hanging labia on the right side. She states that she can perform the surgery although some friends and my boyfriend tell me not to do it. I hate the feeling of a sagging labia although mine is moderate compared to some I have seen. Although I have to live with it.

Usually plastic surgeons reduce the extra tissue. I think a gynocologist would be the better surgeon.

I had "pelvic floor reconstruction surgery" to correct a slightly elongated sigmoid colon that dropped into the rectovaginal space after having a hysterectomy. The docs I went to said this would only work if they raised my pelvic floor, raised my bladder that didn't need raising and do a vaginal vault resuspension that didn't need it. More money for more procedures. At the time I didn't know how to interpret my own test results so did not know that they were lying that I needed all this.

I am having trouble searching...looking for specific posture instructions especially the link to the photo of the girl that Christine had posted. I have typed in different combinations of words but can't seem to find it?!
Does anyone know of any more photos of the posture? I have the book but feel like I need more visuals to make sure I am doing it right.

For the first time since my daughter was born I am broody. I was looking through the photos of my daughters birth last night and I had this real sad feeling about not having any more. I really could not cope with another pregnancy let alone another birth and prolapse tops it all off so I will definately not be having any more. My husband doesn't want anymore either after everything I have been through so its not gonna happen. But I do love babies and its such a shame the way things have turned out.

Just wondering how it is we stop ourselves from feeling the odd one out. Yesterday, not a particularly comfortable day for me, my husband arranged to go to a woodland play area with the kids. At one point everybody had to jump over a fence to get to another area and feeling like I did I could not take the risk of clambering over this fence to get to the other side. So everyone else went ahead and I had to make my way back to an opening that I could walk through and then eventually rejoin them. I felt tears stinging the back of my eyes and it was one of those really "alone" moments.