Linda,

I ended up with a minor prolapse after my sons birth. Probably had a lot to do with a vac extraction (instrument births have higher rates of prolapses), and that the midwife made me push for over an hour when i had no urge cos the baby was posterior.

I also had that achy, pressure feeling in the beginning, but i found it after thinking i had pulled a stitch and saw it in the mirror.

I was in a bit of a panick as a few years ago my mum had a severe prolapse operated on. She told me it just appeared like 10+ years after having her third, she left it for a very very long time, and then got the operation done. Commonly they just do a hystorectomy, which my mother refused, and just had it stitched back into place. She hasn't had any problems since.

Mine got a lot lot better with time, and i think after about 3 months it was basically back to normal. When a lot of the relaxin etc gets out of your system (which i believe can take around 6 months), you end up with a lot stronger ligaments able to hold things in place.

My obs said he wouldn't do anything until i was 40 and finished having kids, but at least we are both aware of it, so will try to make sure i don't get another after this baby.. But like i said, i think my is 100% normal now.

I would find a good physio to help, and try to avoid running etc, as these first few weeks are critical for getting it to try and correct itself naturally.

HTH?

ETA: there are a few different types of prolapses - bladder, rectal, vaginal vault, cervix etc - depends what part is hanging down basically. oh and my colorectal surgeon was interested in what type i had and if that contributed to the fissure - just thought you might be interested on that side of things.