Please talk to me about....prolapse

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Oh dear back from the Day Assessment Unit. And apparently the lower back pain I am suffering from acutely today looks like it might be caused by prolapse (I think of the uterus but can't remember exactly what they gynae said).

Freaked me out a little bit....any has any experience? Preferably positive stories

Yes I had it - had a physio with no joy, the physio gave me an electronic toner - which did work things improved a lot - but then I fell pg and had to stop using it.

After I had the baby (C-section so as not to risk more damage!)I asked to go back to physio and use toner again. But when went back to physio she said she felt that I needed to see doctor as unlikely to improve more than already had. Consultant recommended an op - which I had at christmas and feel great now.

Depends what kind of prolapse you are talking about!

Thanks Furious

To be honest I don't know what king of prolapse, he just mentioned something about the walls dropping...

I have had a vaginal prolapse after everyone of my 5 kids and it usually "retracts" after about a year. AS this is my last I am looking into an operation - what was it like and how long did it take to get back to normal?

Op was fine - Recovery no worse than stiches after chidbirth. Had sex after 6 weeks - No probs really. Need to keep doing the pelvic floor excercises though- I have bought a toner myself but to be honest rarelly use it - but going to start doing it tomorrow!

I had prolapse (front wall). I saw the physio lady and she showed me how to do two diff types of pelvic floor exercises. First short sharp pull ins and second pull in and hold it in sets of ten. At first I could only hold firm for the count of three but with regular practise I got up to 8 or 9. They worked wonders and everything was ok again within a few months.

I had a vaginal wall prolapse in my last few weeks of pregnancy. I am assuming I still do (dare not look down there as I only gave birth 2 weeks ago)

I'm a bit horrified that it takes so long to get back to normal. Sigh.

I had a vaginal wall prolapse of the back wall, only minor though. Nine months on and LOTS of pelvic floor exercises it's pretty much back to normal.

Although I was lucky enough to get a really bad chest infection over Christmas and I think all that coughing is what really tightened things up

Thanks to all for your very helpful replies. I guess it will be lots of pelvic floor exercies for me then.

I looked into the causes and am not really surprised I have it. Have had two big babies, one long labour and pneumonia during the winter with coughing that was so bad I tore a muscle badly.

Just need to remember to squeeeze those muscles!