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Interesting article FYI...

childbirth death rate article link

if anything i can keep you all entertained, or grossed out. okay 13 weeks postpartum now. stopped breastfeeding two weeks ago. amazing how long it takes your "woo hoo" to repair itself, but 48 hours after breastfeeding your boobies are back to a flattened version of the prepregnancy state....wow, how unfair is that!!!!
so the labia tissues have plumped up, and things look a bit more normal. so here is the weird question....when crabs lose a leg, it grows back. i continue to peak at my vagina, and it appears (maybe wishful thinking), that there is some new tissue at the vaginal opening. it is not the cystocele, who continues to peak at me, and sometimes appears better. is it possible that new vaginal tissue forms, or is that tissue just which perhaps folded down and became noticable due to the vagina being somewhat prolapsed, which maybe wasn't noticable while i had lower estogen levels?

Hi Sue,

I hope you don't mind me asking this from you but I know you have mentioned before that you walk with a cane. I have a friend with juvenile athritis who is interested in trying the posture for her general health as her posture is understandably rather affected. She also uses a cane and is having problems getting into the posture while using the cane. She uses it mainly for balance and can't seem to pull up in the way she needs to while relying on the cane for balance. She can do it while standing still but not while moving around. How do you do this? Again, I hope that you don't mind me asking!

Has anyone had the rectocele surgery through the vagina. The Dr. seems to think it is an good surgery and virtually bloodless.

I didn't know where to put this. Either here or the pregnancy forum. Forgive me if a thread like this one already exists. If it does, would you please direct me to where that is?

I have this constant feeling like there is a water balloon in my vagina. Its the cyctocele I'm sure.

My question is: Any of you ladies experienced this before? I'm 4m postpartum. I'm optimistic this will get better and at the same time I don't think its realistic to keep my hopes up too high. Please share with me what you do in a situation like this. Did it improve for you? My cystocele is a grade 4. Not good.

No, I can’t tell you the last time I have been more afraid. It’s not because I doubt I am making the wrong decision by having surgery. This is the best choice for me. If I felt I could live my life to the fullest without surgery I would. I am having cystocele, rectocele, labiaplasty, and something else I have forgotten the name of done on Set 13.

My story is difficult to talk about. In all honesty if I knew you or had to do this face to face I wouldn’t be able to. Even the people I work with know I am having surgery but they don’t not know the complete truth. It all started with a difficult birth 12 years ago. My daughter’s head was turned so she was coming out ear first, with her cord wrapped around her neck and the teaching hospital didn’t want to C-section, they felt it would be better to make the labor last 36 hours and pull her out by forceps. I had ripped at the top and bottom, it never to me healed right. And now the difficult part, I was raped. It still sounds like someone else is talking when I say it. It’s been years but it is still so hard to talk about. After he was done he said he wanted to make sure I was never with anyone again since he couldn’t have me. He inserted a knife and did a lot of damage. I honestly felt like no one would ever want me again. The result of the repairs left me with skin tag that I had to convince a doctor to cut off with scissors in his office. He didn’t have a choice he knew if he didn’t I was going to do it myself. I still have some pain from the way I was put back together, consent low back pain, difficulty going to the bathroom, and as far as urinating going I always feel like I have to go. I feel full, heavy, and off balance. It took me years to even go on a date. I am now with the most wonderful person and he treats my girls like they are his own. The problem is I have never felt right. I can’t have sex with the lights on, he has never seen my completely. He says that I am fine, that I am normal. It seems that all I ever think of is that I am not normal. My doctor said that I look like any other woman, that if he wasn’t a doctor and didn’t closely examine me he wouldn’t be able to see the scars. Yes, a lot of this is emotional. I feel that if he or anyone saw my scars they would be able to see what happened.

I've only had one bladder infection in my life. As memory serves I felt like I had to go but couldn't.

This time I feel the pressure to go, I empty and then shortly there after I have to go again. So I void a normal amount each time but it seems like it is much more frequent then usual. (I always make sure I am completely done before leaving the bathroom).

I think my IBS is contributing to whatever hostility is happening below the belly button.

In any event, I was wondering what you all thought? Is it a bladder infection? What should I do?

I appreciate your input - this is uncomfortable!!!

I am going in for surgery for cystocele/rectocele and also they are going to put a sling to hold up my bladder. It is scarey. Has anyone had this done and how long it took for you to recover. I am hoping I can go back to work part time after about two weeks. Think that is possible.

Thanks

I can't remember who wrote in this forum that she was feeling so upset about not being able to walk with her baby because of the weight - but this note is for her. I remembered something last evening that might be helpful.

I've had two babies. And I also had a rocker with a swivel base. My first baby liked to be rocked in the usual way - front to back. But my second baby liked to be rocked from side-to-side. The side-to-side motion is almost the same feeling as when you are walking with the baby. It's a different feeling than the usual rocking. I didn't have my prolapse when I had my children so I can't say for certain that this works, but it might be worth a try for you!! Bridi

Hi there,

Just wanted to share my love of yoga blocks with you, like the ones attached:

http://www.yogamatters.com/acatalog/Shop_Blocks_11.html

I have bought 7 of them and I use them for sitting on (kneeling and straddling), making into a makeshift table for putting dinner or computer on. I am even finding it comfortable to breastfeed my large baby while sitting on a pile of 3 of them. Also while feeding baby (food - she sits on floor in BUMBO), so I am comfortably at her level. They're portable and the possibilities for configuration are endless.

I no longer have need for chairs or tables when at home.