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Hello,

I have a question regarding prolapse and pregnancy - giving birth, in particular. I am 28, have multiple prolapses, vulvodynia, and IC, and am trying to to let all of this destroy my goal of having a child one day. Anyway, my question is about having a c-section vs. natural birth. I would like to hear feedback from women who have had both of these types of births, and the ways it has affected your prolapse.....I guess I am wondering about the benefit of opting for a c-section so as not to make everything worse. I am already terrified of vaginal birth due to my years of having vulvodynia.

Hi All,

I have been reading on the site for a month now. Christine really got my attention when I ask a question about using estrace cream. I thought, you know she is right and I had never really question my doctor why I was using it. Since that day I have come to this site just about everyday and have educated my self by all of your posts, and some good information.
I have recently move to another state and I guess I was preparing myself for my visit to the GYN and boy, am I glad I did.I have a rectocle(stage 3) and just discover cystocle (stage 2).
She assure me that I would eventuality have the BIG H surgery and that she would cut out my uterus and put mesh in me to hold up my prolapes.

is the workout in the book? does she have a ballet dvd? and what is the first aid for prolapse dvd? is that just info or stuff to practice? just wondering which to buy first. and also is there anything like a regular workout that makes you sweat? i know that probably seems weird but i use to do alot of running so im use to sweatingand i like a good sweat from working out. i know im strange :) thanks Denise

Can anyone tell me what works to fix this problem that does not involve surgery? I don't understand efverything about it and if you can give me a few details I sure would appreciate it. I got one reply that said something about "posture"...to use that to help...but I am unsure what they meant by that. I replied back asking for details but have not gotten an answer back yet. Thank you to anyone that can better inform me. Peace to all. Lynn

I'm 25years old, and i feel awful i have hust found out i have a prolapse of the small bowel. I'm finding this really hard to come to terms with. Im 5'3 and weigh about 8stone 5 so i'm a healthy weight i exercise 5 days a week. Well i did up until a month ago when i found something scary patrooding outside my vagina. I feel that it has got tremendiously worse i can't move my bowels i feel i need to go but have no urge to. I seem to be going to the toilet to wee very often now so i don't know if its got worse and is pressing on my bladder. My appointment with my gyno is not for another 5 weeks i'm terrified it's going to get worse. I won't go out unless i have to now, while before this happened i was very active and out everyday. It's my first day back to work today and i can't stand the thought of walking to work and standing for 8 hours as this will cause pressure. What happens from here, i hear surgery is not a good option but i feel how will i get my life back, i cry everyday feeling am unattractive and i feel vile. I hate myself so much. I need some advice if there is anything to make me feel this is not so bad.

Has anyone else here tried water aerobics? I began classes this past week, and I've found it an excellent way to get a workout without compromising my cystocele. The class is an hour and involves stretching, weight resistance, and aerobics. My prolapse remains up during the exercises and seems to stay higher up afterwards.

Here to report my recent experience with Mayan massage. I have a class 2 cystocele and a small rectocele. The Mayan technique is similar to the t-tap method I saw mentioned in an earlier post. I went last week and the practitioner was very good. She allowed my husband to attend the massage and to learn the method along with me.

We were down for one and one half hour massage and were there almost three. She also discovered that my hip joint and sacrum were misaligned and worked on that as well. I had noticed over the years that my right leg was longer--she actually realigned it with massage and showed my husband what to do to keep it that way. She told me it would take up to 3 months to see improvement with my cystocele. All in all, it was a very pleasant experience.

I have a rectocele and cystocele. I have been using a Kegalmaster for the last few weeks which i feel has made some small improvement to my stress and urge incontinence. However, I feel overall things are getting rapidly worse in terms of the severity of my prolapse. My rectocele has increased in prominence and I have such difficulty emptying my bowels. Additionally on a number of occasions when I have gone to remove the kegalmaster, despite lots of lubrication and making sure it was fully closed it has become stuck behind the cystocele where my pubic bone is. This has quite frightened me on a couple of occasions as it has felt like I was pulling my insides out!! When I first started using the kegalmaster i'm sure the prolapse was not so visible and now I'm worried that I,m making things worse.

I am 43 years old. I have been having problems with Rectorcele and Cystocele. With Rectorcele being w
the worse of the two. My boyfriend has been wanting to have anal sex but I find it hard to tell him about these two problems. I think anal sex would be the worse thing I could do and it would make these two condtions far worse.
At this point sexual intercourse is painful and I can feel the bulge of tissue in my vagina. It is not protuding through the vaginal opening but from what I understand that is what I have to look forward to next.
I am not leaking stool but I understand that is another item I have to look forward too.

Hi everyone,

I've been trying wholewoman techniques (posture, clothing) for about 2-3 months now. Some days I hardly notice the POP, other days (esp. when I'm on my feet a lot) I notice it a lot. When I went away on holiday I felt pretty miserable as I realized, there's no holiday from POP. Everywhere I go, I take it with me. I want to be able to walk for miles, like men can, without any discomfort, but I can't. My faith in God as a loving God has GONE. I hate feeling the bulge. Yet I don't want surgery, as I'll end up worse than now. Can't have sex anyway, with the urethrocele bulge in the way :(