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Thanks for everyone's comments on painful sex etc. They've been really helpful. I've cancelled my surgery and just got the First Aid video.
What I can't figure out is how much lumbar curve is correct. When standing, if I lift my ribs, should my stomach stick out? On the video Christine says imagine your navel over your pelvic bone. But that seems to tilt my pelvis forward and get rid of the curve in my back.
And when sitting, which way's the tilt?
I've always been geometrically challenged, and this seems so simple but I just don't get it. (And I did read other answers to this on the website. Guess I'm really thick.)

Hello everyone,
Glad to have found you! I am 37 and have had problems with
prolapse since the arrival of my second daughter 21 months ago. At
first, it was the "bulge" situation (which was frightening and
awful), but that gradually has improved. It comes back, however, if
I'm not careful about lifting, etc., or when I tried to do step
aerobics. My daughter is now getting heavy, but I feel like I have to lift her in certain situations, like temper tantrums, grocery carts, etc. My doctor's attitude early on seemed to be: Your hormones are low and when those get in better balance this will improve.

I experienced uterine prolapse last May 2006. Since that time I have purchased Christine's book and video and tried to follow the exercises as outlined on the video. In the beginning I did feel quite a bit of pain relief but after about 6 weeks when I increased reps slightly I ended up with sciatica on both sides. Attempting to do anything other than walking made it worse. Does anybody have an suggestions on what to do from here. I am seeing a physiotherapist at this time with minimum results.
Thanks Julie Ann

well, here's what's going on at the moment.

after a week of things moving with great ease, i think my bowel movements are getting TOO soft and so having a bit of a hard time getting out. always something, hm?

so here's what i'm wondering.

i am still very confused by how some women are explaining the half squat position. i have found that i do a full squat (just earlier today, for example) and what felt too soft to pass, did, in fact, pass. but, of course, i'm very concerned this might exacerbate my rectocele. i read very conflicting things about this so i'm a totally flummoxed and concerned at the moment.

I am wondering what are the best things I can do for preventing vaginal thinning etc. What have you ladies used and tried and find helpful for irritation?
I want to begin before I begin to see symptoms at all and I am not sure what I should do. I have read posts about Lavender Oil etc. but what would you do to promote tissue health preventatively? What should be used topically or in a bath etc. I guess what do you ladies use --I have a cystocele & rectocele. I am 42 and was pronounced post-menopausal 11-2005--of course I became pregnant 2-15-06! I have no idea if I am headed for menopause now, or if it is still in the future but in any case I do want to know what I can be doing to avoid the thinning tissues that often occurs--or to help myself not thin so much.

We received a big surprise this week! I am pregnant. WOW. I have been sick with the flu all week and have been coughing so much. My prolapse has felt awful. I was thinking about how I am going to have to work extra hard to overcome this setback and then I found out I am pregnant! I am scared but at the same time I am looking forward to a better experience this time now that I have information and women on this site going through the same thing.

Is it okay to do ballet? I want to do some type of exercise from home, especially to try to tone and trim down my postpartum belly (I look pregnant still!). I've been trying a bit of barre work type exercises, but it kind of seems like I can feel my rectocele more after I do them. I'm trying to keep the posture, which, admittedly is hard to do because I'm so used to ballet posture and "the posture" is still very new to me.

I just wanted to make sure that ballet was good to do. Can anyone who knows about ballet explain the exact difference between the ballet posture and Christine's posture? Is it just the tucked under tailbone, or is there more to it?

Hi...I am new. I don't know where to go seek answers to my little problem. And I found this site and it's all abt women topics. I hope all the women out there can give me some answers. As you can see, the title speaks for itself. I notice most women...almost all, have normal, low, flat pubic bone structure. When u look at a woman standing sideways, from the lower abdomen down to the pubic, the area called Mons Pubis doesn't bulge out very prominently.

So my concern is, mine was high and bulges out. I can't wear fit hugging clothes because the bulge is so prominent. Is this normal? Anyone with this problem? Can surgery fix the structure and will it affect lifestyle afterwards? I am feminine all over except for that area which really makes me conscious of what I wear everyday or even going to the beach.

I just got finished with the book "The Barn at the End of the World" by Mary Rose O'Connor. In the book, a middle aged female college professor becomes a shepherd's apprentice for a year. One of the challenges she faces is that the male sheep suffer rectal prolapse. She asks the farmer why his sheep prolapse (the sheep farms she visitted in England did not have this problem). The farmer states it is because they cough too much.

The sheep's tails are docked - I wonder if that could have an effect on thier pelvic nerves and strength? Are thier pelvii not developping proper form in utero (perhaps thier corn/soy/hay diet is deficient)? Or maybe as the farmer said, they just cough too much, which also could be a symptom of a diet that diverges too far from a natural sheep diet(i.e. green grass and hay).

I have had a cervical erosion for about a year now. I have a 2nd degree prolapse( uterus,bladder and cervix) and I've had it going on a year. The problem is with my cervix. I have a bad cervical erosion and my Dr keeps pushing me for a hysterectomy because it is the only cure for a damaged cervix. I've had the pain that comes along with the prolapse such as backache and lower abdominal pain. My Dr tells me it is only going to get worse as time goes on. I don't want surgery, I just want to know if there is any way to heal the cervix without surgery. He says I am sitting on my cervix doing more damage to it every day. I got the prolapse from childbirth and it hasn't improved since I've had it. Does anyone know what I could do to heal the cervix and the rest of me without surgery? I know 100 years ago, women just learned to live with it. Thank you!!