Hi Yael. hun, it's no fun You could see a doctor earlier but they might ask you to come back if it's not resolved by 6 weeks...?

Look up Mayan womb massage online. It's not a difficult technique and can help the uterus to sit where it's supposed to. Do the kegels REALLY religiously, i can't stress that enough - in the early weeks they're a woman's best best best friend. No, they will not "fix" all prolapses but many prolapses are temporary anyway and doing kegels hastens the recovery and helps maintain it.

To avoid prolapse surgery in the future you can work on your pelvic strength now and until the next bub. The epi-no should be a good start, you can also buy other pelvic floor toners, your physio can recommend one. The pelvic floor is like any other muscle - you can strengthen it hugely - body-builders who can lift 150kg once only lifted their coffee to their lips - it's the same arms, just a little work.

I did my kegels SO religiously during PG and since DD's birth Yael, i can't tell you - 10 and 20 times a day sometimes, hardly a day passes when i don't do at least 2 or 3 sets. Once it's a habit it's so easy! Sex is better, orgasms are better, stress incontinence isn't on the radar and 2 months ago i ran 13.1 miles without an ache in that area. It is only kegels for me.

Now i DO have a friend who has a weaker pelvic floor, and she has to work hard after her babies to get her tone back but she CAN do it. Anyone who doesn't have paralysis can improve pelvic floor tone, it's like any other form of strength training - dedication gets results.

As for your mum, well, i don't know when that was, but i'll tell you now that they don't try to get pre-menopausal women to have hysterectomies for prolapses nowadays. Post-menopausal, yes, because older women are at increased risk of cervical and endometrial cancers and the uterus isn't "doing" much, but in pre-menopausal women it's a last resort. Your prolapse would have to be persistant (having already resisited surgery) and severe (with your cervix out side the vagina for instance) before hysterectomy was considered.

I think they don't like to do a repair while you're still wanting to have more kids (because the repair can come undone at the next birth and it's harder to keep doing them) so kegels are the way to go just now. Kegels are a long-term proposition. It is so frustrating to be doing anything again and again and not seeing results but those results WILL some. There ARE NOT people in the world who lift weights every day and don't get stronger, your pelvic floor is designed to hold everything in there in place and it can go on doing that.

It is only 9 days since you gave birth!!! Give yourself a little time and squeeze squeeze squeeze those muscles.



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