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Greetings, Ladies.

I am a mother of two (3 1/2 and 12 months) and I have a prolapsed bladder.

My labor with my first was a very prolonged, very intense, vacuum assisted vaginal birth (we attempted a midwife-assisted home birth but ended up doing a hospital transfer about 40 hours of labor.) I first noticed the prolapse about 6 months after my son's birth, but it wasn't bad enough that I really worried about it. I had my second little one at home a year ago and that didn't seem to worsen anything.

In her VV Health dvd, Christine talks about the how our circadian rhythms are disrupted by the constant glaring lights of modern life. Our ability to manufacture melatonin and serotonin is severely compromised, and disruption of our sleep cycle has huge implications for health. In my family we are dealing with several health concerns these days, including a diagnosis of autoimmune disease, and I wanted to share a suggestion for something new we have embraced that really helps.

Hello, I am 3 months pp and have been lurking here since discovering my POP at 3.5 wks pp. My Dr. said I have a mild cystocele and rectocele, and did not mention any stages however I believe them to fluctuate between a 1 & 2. I also have a dropped urethral opening, which I suppose is a urethracele however my Dr. didn't mention that. At first, I thought nothing of it since I had just given birth, however my mind eventually jumped to a friend who had recently had a hysterectomy. She had a totally assisted birth with her first, and last child.

Dear Ladies,

This thread from 2004 has been removed because it was confusing.

When you lift with the belly out in front and the hips/knees eternally rotated and bent (like heavy weight lifters do), there is no need to concentrate on tightening the pelvic wall. The organs and musculature have already followed the "nutated" pelvis to close the wall side-to-side.

I just had to quip that this forum is .... so lonely.

Just finally getting to post something. I've been learning/lurking since April. Did not feel like posting as the whole woman reality will not fit me.

What happens to the Hysterectomy Women who come to this forum, looking for help? I know all of the pitfalls for us, who, for whatever reason, had a hysterectomy .... do the seekers just turn away? I've not found many to follow. Not many long and frequent posts.

Is it possible to quickly find the start of the exercises on the streaming videos. With the dvd's there is a top menu from which one can choose but on the streaming I am really having a hard time getting to the start of the exercises each day. I generally have little time for my exercise sessions and really would prefer not to watch the whole video from the beginning or keep moving forward and backwards to get to the right spot.

Does anyone have a knack for doing this please.

Dear Ladies,

Has anyone else suffered with calf pain and cramps following the exercises in The First Aid for Prolapse DVD?

Perhaps I am taking things too fast! I am always in a hurry to get there and have been doing the beginners and first two parts of the advanced exercises plus the cool down over the past few days. I have suffered painful cramps in my calves at night and a dull ache in them for the rest of the day.