Thats great news from the dr... I picked up on mine the same way, i had this heaving aching feeling down there, like things were beginning to fall out.
And then i thought i had pulled a stitch so when i got a mirror to check i saw that it really was beginning to come outside, if that makes sense?
Mines not to bad, and i do think it got a little better, but i do find it slightly harder having relations, not that it is painful, just uncomfortable if not in exactly the right position...
I am so terrible about doing pelvic floor exercises, really need to get onto that straight away!
Yael> Mine got progressively better over the space of about 18 months, however I was bellydancing as regularly as I could stand it (good for abdominal muscles generally) and I was pretty good about the pelvic floor exercises too. I really didn't notice it all for 7 or so years, but I guess I'll always just have to be on top the pelvic floor awareness!
Rachael> Mine was diagnosed by a GP who said not to worry and provided no information/reassurance/treatment as such. Took it up several months later when we moved to a new city, with another GP, since she specialised in women's health issues. I didn't need to take it further, since no surgery etc req'd.
We move around a lot, so I always ring the local women's health information line (there's one in every state we've been to) and ask for a list of GPs that are recommended for women's health. This is the only way I've been able to consistently get good GPs. If you have a good GP they will generally only refer you to specialists that are good as well. You will probably find that first stop will be a referral to the local incontinence clinic staffed by either nurses or physiotherapists, depending on the severity. Hope that helps.
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Not sure if this is any help or not, but one of my gfs has a uterine prolapse from her baby's birth in March. She has seen an ob recently and will be having an op to hold everything inside next month. Hers is quite bad and since she's planning on having another baby she will have to have a c/s once the op is done. It's basically some kind of 'mesh' that is sewn in and holds everything up. I have another gf whose prolapse is not as bad and our ob (we see the same one) told her it would probably get better, but if it didn't then he'd do the same op when she was 40ish and finished her family for certain. Both have some incontinence with their prolapses.
Thanks Jennifer, that's really useful info, sounds like your friend has a pretty bad prolapse cos they usually don't do that sort of surgery until women are post-menopausal. My GP kinda said it's a problem that gets worse with each subsequent PG. I'm pretty sure my damage was done as a result of the long and arduous and poorly managed birth (and not the pregnancy itself), and I will be having a C/S next time, so I'm kind of hoping I can avoid the surgery thing and keep on top of it with the Pelvic floor exercises.
I have had five children, and with a couple of them I had a mild prolapse and it didn't worry me when I was pregnant. I have now got problems with my bladder(cystocoele) as well and he has told me that I will need surgery and possilbly a hysterectomy(which I do not want as I want to have one more child). He has told me to keep on working on the pelvic floor exercises which is suppose to help the problem but he said it won't help my incontinence so that's why I will need a least the surgery for that.
I am hoping to have one more child and then he can fix everything up. Going back to see my gyno in March and will be asking then. But all I can say is keep doing your pelvic floor exercises and you might find that the problem might right itself and then you won't have any problems in the pregnancy.
Michele
Mother of Christopher, Luke, Melissa, Jayden and Ashleigh(nearly 1)
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