Kimmy, I was watching Embarrassing bodies on ?Wed? night, and it was all about vaginas. There was a lady there who had quite a severe prolapse of both her bowel and her bladder. They showed the surgery, basically they made some incisions in the wall of the vagina and then restitched it together in such as way as to strengthen the walls. They checked back with the woman after 4 weeks and she was totally stoked by the amazing improvement. You should try to find the vagina episode online and watch it. Not sure how this would be different with a uterine prolapse (although I understand often there is more than one type of prolapse going on) but I remember reading a few years ago about them using some sort of mesh to hold it all in place. Best to get the referral and go an talk to a specialist about it, it would be very individual to your situation.
BTW I've had a prolapse ever since my DD1 was born 12 years ago...it did get better over time (when I'm remembering to be good with my pelvic floor exercises) and apparently your oestrogen levels can impact on this - so if you've been BFing for a while and your oestrogen levels are lowish, you might find the symtoms are relieved somewhat with some oestrogen treatment?
All the best and big . It's a bummer when your lady bits aren't behaving, it can really erode your sense of wellbeing. I think you are absolutely doing the right thing by getting this checked out, don't forget you can always ask for a second opinion before doing anything and always ask plenty of questions.
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