Can a vaginal prolapse be fixed?

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Sorry, posting for traffic -I'm so upset, I'm actually in tears.

I had my baby boy nearly 5 weeks ago, fast vaginal birth, second degree tear. I had no problems with the stitches so I thought everything was fine, but I've been feeling odd down there the last couple of days and I've just checked inside and it feels all wrong, all sort of bulgy and loose. No gp appointments for today so I'll have to call on Monday - I've panic googled and all I can see is how not to make it worse and that surgery (!) isn't effective and I'm devastated.

Please please tell me it can be fixed? I don't know why this has upset me so much but I am actually crying about this, I don't want to be permanently damaged inside.

Ahhh you poor thing, yes, it can be fixed quite simply, but you could probably live with it, I had a front wall prolapse when I was pregnant with my now nearly 15 year old, I've never bothered doing anything about it, just pelvic floor exercises, it doesn't affect anything :) it really sounds much scarier than it actually is.

And, after 5 weeks post birth, your bits are not going to be back to normal anyway. You might not even have a prolapse

Pelvic floor excercises should help! It should feel much better in a couple of months, it's still early days

Firstly calm down. 5 weeks is nothing. It does sort of go back to normal You've had a baby. A great big baby come out of your f*** - it is never going to be the same again!!

I'm sort of joking - sort of not - I can feel your pain as I have a prolapse (had 2 VB and 1 CS). It depends on which sort you have and how bad it is - but it can be improved with pysio. There are surgical options too...however, they are no longer routine and one type is used much less than a few years ago due to complications it caused.

Remember the tears are probably in part due to the hormones racing through your body. Embrace the changes that make you mum.....but don't accept things if they cause problems (so if you have incontinence because of this - then do seek help).

Ah don’t cry
You are still so newly post birth, things can feel a bit funny for a while.

See how it is at your post birth check up, and mention it then if it’s concerning you.

Congratulations

Why would it have happened now? I'm 99% sure last week it was fine.

I've been here OP. Forceps birth with DS with a lot of tearing and damage, things felt like they were 'falling down' at about 5-6 weeks PP and I was subsequently diagnosed with a posterior and anterior prolapse which I had successfully repaired in 2013. I too cried when I was diagnosed, I was horrified and terrified in equal amounts and felt it was basically dreadfully unfair this had happened to me.

I will echo PP's comments that it is still very early days for you, and the things that helped me from when I was diagnosed to surgery were; losing the baby weight, not lifting or carrying things when there was an alternative, so DH would load heavy shopping if he was around and I would sit down when holding the baby wherever possible rather than carrying him around, a Kegal8 made a huge difference and when I stopped breastfeeding things tightened up a lot.

I had a second DC and my prolapse got no worse either during pregnancy nor after my second delivery and my repair was straightforward. It's miserable, it really is, but once I worked out that nothing was actually going to fall out, I did manage to live with it for 3.5 years.

Do check it checked out though.

Loads of love to you, and congrats on your baby Ask specifically to see the women's physio - some GPs aren't very good at this sort of thing and may send you down the wrong pathway (as mine did and I got as far as meeting the mesh surgeon before realising I'd never been offered non-invasive treatment!). Look after yourself these things are quite treatable but I do remember how devastating that feeling can be.

I had exactly the same. So saw doctor before I even had my 6 week check. By 2 months it was fine, fixed itself.

Hope it goes ok for you - it is uncomfortable.

Prolapses can show and hide themselves. This.might be tmi... But mine is.bad if I really need a poo. It pushes on everything.making lots of bulges. Some days I don't notice it. - this might be why you didn't notice it before. Or maybe you needed some swelling to go down to see it. Or maybe you were just in baby bliss where you notice nothing.

Pelvic floor excercises start slow and work up to full strength but definitely go see ur gp , I had this at 3 weeks post partum felt like I was sitting on ping pong ball , I was referred to gynae and then to physio for it , no problems now 7 years later my pelvic floor was just slack

I also spent a lot of time in tears but don't worry you just need time and pelvic floor excercises and you will be fine

I was exactly in your position 2 months ago. Around 5 weeks pp, I noticed a change in my vagina and was really freaking out. I have been seeing a women’s health physio specialising in the pelvic floor since week 9 pp and it has made a huge difference. She found a slight anterior wall prolapse and although she mentioned that it might go away by itself as vey early days, I am glad I have her support. Turns out I had been doing my kegels just half right...and after 3 sessions and daily focussed exercise I can already feel a huge difference. So my two cents is: go see a women’s health physio.

It might be fine once you’ve had a bit longer to receiver. It might get better with pelvic floor exercises. It might get better with surgery. Don’t fret and catastrophize yet! See hat the GP say.

Echo advice to see a women's health physio. I did, privately. She was brilliant and well worth the £50 it cost for an appt.

Ffs autocorrect! longer to recover and see what the GP says.

Mine wasn't diagnosed until I had a pap, and was fixed by pelvic floor exercises. I had to do them lying down with my knees bent to start with. I hope you find a suitable treatment.

I also had this after DS2. It's fine now. I've never had surgery and it doesn't bother me. You might find if you keep doing your pelvic floors it will be ok.

Try a Women’s health physio or try the Holitsic Core Restore course - google it. I would echo others about 5 weeks being nothing. It’ll take a while for everything to settle, maybe about 6-12months. Your body is still changing post birth.

Holistic sorry