Welcome to thread 9 (again - see below) of a long-running series of posts from ladies suffering from pelvic prolapses to support each other through the process of diagnosis, repair and recovery.
With apologies for confusion in thread numbers - an earlier thread was called part 7 but it was actually the 6th thread.
Here are the previous threads:
Thread 1
Thread 2
Thread 3
Thread 4
Thread 5
Thread 6
Thread 7
Thread 8
Info from BBC Health
What is a pelvic prolapse?
As the muscles, ligaments and supporting tissues in the pelvis become weaker, they are less able to hold in the organs of the pelvis such as the womb (uterus) or bladder.
Gravity pulls these organs down and, in the more severe cases, may appear through the entrance to the vagina.
A variety of problems can occur, depending on where the weakness lies and which organs are able to descend, but in every case there is some degree of prolapse of the vaginal wall, which begins to invert (rather like a sock turning inside out).
Prolapse of the womb or uterus is the most common prolapse, affecting as many as one in eight older women to some degree
Prolapse of the bladder, known as a cystocele, is less common.
Prolapse of the urethra (the tube that carries urine out of the bladder) is known as a urethrocele.
Prolapse of the intestines is quite rare, and known as an enterocele or rectocele.
Symptoms
Symptoms depend on which tissues descend, and how severe the prolapse is.
They may include:
A sense of heaviness or pressure in the pelvis.
The appearance of a bulge of tissue in the genital area, which can be quite alarming, and is often red and sore.
Urinary problems, such as having to urinate more frequently, feeling the need urgently, being incontinent (losing control of the bladder) or, conversely, being unable to pass urine when you need to.
Pain in the pelvis or lower back.
Sexual problems, including pain and decreased libido.
Constipation.
Vaginal discharge or bleeding.
Treatment and recovery
Once a prolapse has developed, surgery to fix the affected organs is usually the only way to cure it effectively.
However, another option is to use a device known as a vaginal ring pessary. This is rather like a contraceptive diaphragm or cervical cap. It's made of silicone or latex, and placed in the vagina to push back the prolapsed organs and hold them in place. Many women happily manage their prolapse this way.
I really hope it is ok with the original group that I've done this!
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Pt 9 (Oct13) Any old prolapse! Uterus/womb prolapse, rectocele, cystocele, enterocele, urethrocele, incontinence, pelvic floor, anterior and posterior repair, TVT etc
rebelnotaslave · 10/09/2017 11:15
Oh wow I didn't know that either!
I think you might have made my day! I also need to do lots more investigating around my options, trip to the go to be referred I think.
Thanks v much 
you've given me a bit of hope that I don't have to live with this shitty thing forever.
Hope you are feeling well too and have a speedy recovery.
Sadly I find I have to join your thread 
I'm 54, peri and just started on HRT. All was going well - flushes stopped, sleeping all night, much less grumpy - excellent!
But I woke up yesterday and realised I have a vaginal prolapse. Dammit - of all the things I thought I'd get, that was not on the list.
Sorry if TMI but we're all seemingly in the same situation. I can feel my cervix just inside my the entrance to my vagina - it feels like a tampon that's stuck. Again - dammit!!
I've seen my female GP who has given me Estriol (?) cream and a gynae physio referral.
My questions are what about my sex life? And would a Kegel8 machine help?
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Hope your op went ok today years 
I must admit did struggle a bit with the first poo but i suffer from Constipation which I am pretty sure contributed to the rectocele in first place . Try not to worry as I think a lot if it is psychological as your so worried about bursting stitches etc.
I second using the footstool whilst on the loo, deep breaths then blowing out as if blowing bubbles helped too and I held a wad of clean tissues / loo roll over perineum area aswell for support .
Because of previous constipation problems I was given movicol sachets to take home from hospital and I took one morning and night along with 40ml lactulose and am now down to one sachet a day and drinking loads of water.
My consultant told me if I felt the urge to go but nothing happening NEVER to strain and use glycerine suppositories which work in about half hour and I did use them couple of times and found they really helped things and were nowhere near as scary as sounded.
First 2 weeks you probably won't feel like doing much apart from lying on sofa or bed I found sitting quite uncomfortable at first and used a donut cushion i ordered from Amazon. I kept occupied by crocheting and downloaded loads of books on my kindle and watched loads of TV. From week 4 started feeling bit better everyday
My advice would be don't rush back to work as I went back after 6 weeks and with hindsight could have done with another couple of weeks as finding it quite tiring .
Hi all
Just reposting this link for people to add support if they feel a webchat on Pelvic Organ Prolapse would be useful? If you could pop a post on the thread linked below that would be great.
//www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/3059452-MN-Can-we-please-support-highlight-this
It's a link to Site Stuff here (on MN) not spam, promise! I'm a prolapse veteran so my thoughts with you all. Just recovering from sphincter repair and rebuild of perineum. Prolapses to be addressed (again!) next year.
Many thanks!
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