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I'm really glad I stumbled upon this site. I've had a lot of trouble finding information about having a second baby, having a prolapse from the first.

I really don't know how to go about finding the best information and best ob/gyn to deliver the baby to help reduce further impact on the prolapse.

The ob/gyns I've seen all give me vague information. I have a prolapse, it's too risky to have surgery, go to a physio, take this medication and have surgery after the next baby! I've been going to a great physio but she's also reluctant to tell me much about the impact of prolapse on another pregnancy etc.

Okay, please forgive me writing my question impulsively, but with 4 children under the age of 4 I don't have the time to read all posts. I do spend some time every day trying to read the posts to gain all this information...it is a lot!
Here is my ?/concerns
Does Christine's book talk specifically about rectocele/cystocele w/out any prolapse of uterus?
Because I read to do kegels (vaginal toning), but I thought I saw on post NOT for a rect. I even saw some glute exercises for rect. is this all true (if so I don't think many OB's know about all this)
My doctor says, "mild cyst./rect." and that my vaginal canal is swollen. I am trying to figure out what the big buldge is at about 5:00 pm that is slightly coming out of the vaginal opening. Is it the bladder or rectum...I have no idea. I have NO constipation or problems holding urine.

Hi--just saw the OB/Gyn today and he confirmed what I already suspected and then some... I have stage 2 cystocele, stage 2 urethracele, stage 3 rectocele. Here is my question: when I push on all of the celes, it helps me have a BM. My husband and I haven't had intercourse since I noticed all of this stuff (plus I was on my period!) so I am quite nervous that if we have intercourse, it will stimulate BM. This will horrify my husband (I read the previous post about intercourse and understanding partners and all, but poo in the bed is not OK for my husband!) Has anyone had this happen?! What can I do to prevent?

i am sad these days. so struggling with my body that i barely know what to do or think.

so now it seems i am leaking a lot at the moment. i mean...WHAT??? WHAT NEXT? what is going on here and what am i to do? i feel so down and crummy about this, trying to figure out how to help myself when it seems just to be snowballing into more and more problems. honestly, what i want to do is sit and cry away, and yet i can't seem to get the tears to come. i am 43. what is this going to look like for me in six months? a year? 5 years?

the specifics with the leaking now are when i stand up, fluid seems to come out. now is doesn't SMELL like urine, but i just don't know what else it could be. it's not any sort of thicker discharge which might make me think it's some sort of infection or even hormonal -- though i guess it is about when i'm ovulating, though i don't discharge such watery stuff usually.

hello everyone:

so i'm trying to trouble shoot here a bit and think about where things might have started to get funky on me with my rectocele. it occurs to me that after about a month of eating no chicken or fish, i started eating some again. wondering if that might have anything to do with the of-late bulgey period i'm going through. it's not very comfortable, i will say that.

even though its all been all organic -- as is pretty much the rest of my diet at this point -- maybe it's just too much for me still?

i'm really interested in hearing other people's waxes and wanes with their rectoceles -- and if they note any relationship with food. i do also think there's an emotional piece here, too. christine just mentioned to me yesterday that rectocele's are especially sensitive to internal pressure. probably not so ironically, there is a tremendous amount of psychological internal pressure happening in my life at the moment so i can't imagine that that, too, isn't related.

Hi all,
I am wondering if your body can build up a tolerance to natural fiber in the way it can to chemicals, ie can you either start needing more and more to be regular, or also does your body stop doing things itself?
my rectolece got a bit worse this week and the physio thinks its because i'm mildly constipated and to eat linseeds every day as they seem to work well for me. but wondering if the same thing every day can eventually cause problems?

I think a lot of the problem is fluids and breastfeeding, but i drink a ton so can't drink much more and do generally eat well...)
but just wanted to check re linseeds daily...

Hi ladies,
I ordered the dvd yesterday because I find it hard to do the exercises with the book. Can you please tell me if the dvd is something that I can pop in and work out along with it or does it just demonstrate and then your on your own?
Patty

Thanks for the reply...
I am very interested in physical therapy and wondered how you went about finding someone in your area who specializes in this type of therapy? I feel that it's very important to be sure that the therapist is not only familiar with prolapse but perhaps has had some special training because it seems to me that you could do more damage than good if not.

On the subject of riding horses, I saw that someone else had posted that she rode bareback, which I think would be very hard on prolapse as you do have to sort of tuck under to maintain balance without a saddle. However in an english saddle, like I use, you really should maintain the posture of a slight lower curve, and flat broad shoulders, as that is what's proper in an english posture. Plus, you don't bounce in an english saddle because you post. So I am fairly sure that riding hasn't hurt me thus far, and am trying to just take it slow and easy. Riding is my mental therapy and I can't stand the thought of giving it up all together.

I am so frustrated. I just lost 25 pounds, have been doing yoga 2 times a week, walking, playing tennis, feeling great. Then I feel something weird, check between my legs and have my cervix greeting me in the mirror!!

I have always looked first to non-traditional treatment, and the thought of surgery makes me feel faint. My doctor says all other organs are where they belong, but my uterus has dropped ( I have slight urinary stress incontinence). She says that no exercise will strengthen my ligaments - ONLY the muscles, and that surgery is the only way. I've ordered the book, but until I read it, please tell me- at 55 years old, will I have to wear a pessary for the rest of my life as an safe alternative to surgery?

dammit.

so there's no question it feels bulgier. and i just want to cry and cry. and stamp my feet.

yes, i have gotten slack with doing the daily exercises. no question. these past few weeks...don't know, just pulled back. and this is what happens? so quickly? when i had made a lot of progress?

the reality of all this is so sinking in...the lifetime nature of all this. surgery can't even be imagined. never. not a choice. but i'm mad -- mad at myself for slacking off, mad at my body for this whole thing to start with. just mad. and scared.

i'm feeling afraid at the moment, fearful of a continued fall with the prolapse.