Hello, I am an utter twat who has not helped her pelvic floor and now needs a sense check (please)

[Aveena]

Spent two years under women’s physio following a fair bit of damage from two births. Discharged early last year. Have a Neurotrac console and probe to use at home that I had to get when seeing the physio.

Have I used those as much as I should? No. Am I an absolute and utter twat? Yes. Should I have paid special attention to all of this given my natural ability to do ‘normal’ PF exercises without the Neurotrac has always been shit anyway? Also yes. So I let the routine lapse during lockdown and now I’ve got a slight prolapse again. Back wall as well as front this time, just to really give me a well deserved kick up the arse.

Have seen lovely GP who has said to crack on with PF exercise programme as I should be doing and things should improve again. Fine. Problem is maintaining overall fitness. I carried on running all through physio, with their blessing, and because things were going in the right direction. I’ve just started back up running after three months off, and my other preferences are HIIT and other high impact cardio. With the state of my fanjo right now I’m too shit scared to do any of that but I do still need to sort my fitness out as well. This is where I need the help right now. Rough plan is:

Swim (obviously when the pools reopen. Don’t enjoy it that much and crap at, it but aware it can really help)
Cross trainer - do enjoy this more. Lower impact than running but have seen conflicting advice about how to use it with PF issues
Pilates but only the stuff that’s good for PF and not the hundred etc - can anyone please point me in the right direction here? 🙏
Walk a lot.

Any sense check on this much appreciated. Feel like a right muppet today.

Also a PSA to anyone who is still under the impression that if you can use a trampoline without leaking wee, you’re automatically in tip top condition. Oh, how wrong I was. Someone tell me they’re now talking about all this in more depth in antenatal classes or wherever? I was so clueless about how much there actually is to it when I was first referred to physio after damage with DC2.

I’m bumping this thread for totally selfish reasons as every time I see it in my threads I’m on list, it reminds me to do some squeezes...

Same @minipie and doing it now

OP I completely agree. I did PF exercises after my pregnancies and thought I was fine. I never had wee leaks so thought everything was working as it should be. I haven't really done PF exercises for about 11 years.

I turned 50 in February and, oh my, everything went downhill very quickly. I suddenly felt like I was 39 weeks pregnant with that feeling you get when the head is engaged and you feel the baby is going to drop out. I believe the pregnancy waddle reappeared.

I have bought some Pear Drop weights and was amazed that the lightest one fell out within a couple of minutes of walking. Here's me thinking everything was ok and yet clearly there's an issue. I am on day 2 of the weights and I also have my smear test next week so will mention it to the nurse.

I also need to lose weight as this makes a huge difference apparently.

I have just paid for the Squeezy app

I have discovered a prolapse

I will ask GP for a referral to a specialist to check I am doing the exercises correctly but what's the betting I will need to pay for it privately???

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Just bought the perifit. It's very good and the customer service email support is fantastic!