Heavy feeling in vagina post childbirth

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Hi all,
First time mum here. I had a baby 7 months ago. Labour was induced and had 2+ hours of pushing, forceps, episiotomy and third degree tear - horrific experience.
I am still experiencing a heavy dragging feeling in my vagina when I stand/walk.
I have seen a private gynaecologist a couple of times who said I had ‘no significant prolapse’ - he said everyone sort of gets a degree of prolapse after birth but he wouldn’t formally diagnose one or do much about it until 1 year pp. I can feel a bulge in my vagina but I can’t see anything coming out.
I have also been seeing a pelvic floor physio for 4 months - I have a daily routine of exercises I do and I have also last week got a kegel8 machine after their recommendation (only issue is that I still have some soreness in my vagina wall, gyno said it all looks normal and to apply moisturiser, but this soreness seems to get aggravated by the probe of the kegel8 so I had to give it a break for a couple of days already).
It definitely feels better than when I first had the baby, but I still have this constant horrible heavy feeling and it’s honestly just really running my life and putting a damper on every nice thing I do. I also think last week I lifted something heavy (not thinking!) and it had made my symptoms worse again.
Please does someone have some happy stories that this feeling went away with physio and exercises? I am only 31 and I just feel like childbirth has absolutely disabled me and I’ll never be normal again and be able to run around after my daughter as she grows up :’(

You poor thing. I had a prolapse (rectocele) with a bulge at the entrance to my vagina after the birth of my first child. I did my kegels religiously with the NHS Squeezy app, and also saw a women's physio specialising in this. After a year it was a lot lot better. It didn't get worse with the birth of my second child and I now run 35 miles a week plus about the same distance walking with zero issues. To start I would wet myself and had that really heavy dragging feeling all the time I was stood up. It's totally gone now. Best of luck.
I still have a bulge on the inside and if I get constipated it's a bit more draggy but otherwise I'm fine!

I'm sorry you're experiencing this. I had the exact same birth experience with my first and also had those same sensations for a long time, but with religious kegals it got so much better about 7/8 months post partum and I started doing light running too. I would say it completely went away from about a year post partum and I was able to get back into running and being active etc. Unfortunately had a return of symptoms after my second and third babies (also vaginally, but thankfully much more straightforward!) and it's taking a lot longer to go away this time. I really hope it gets much better for you in time.

Thank you @Sillysoggyspaniel and @Greyseal22, I really appreciate you replying it has made me feel more hopeful. I really just want to be able to have a normal life and enjoy my daughter’s childhood.
And @Greyseal22 I hope you recover soon this time round! x