Prolapsed Uterus

[onefunkypigeon]

I delivered darling child number 3 last Thursday and previously PPH'ed with my babies, he came out back to back so not overly comfortably and the midwife said she could see my cervix when he delivered.
So I'm slightly uncomfortable to say the least getting on and off the sofa and have felt like there was something 'extra' there when I wiped (sorry for tmi) anyway having looked in the mirror can see what is my cervix when I squat or sit on the loo (I know it's my cervix as I went to the gp with some minor lumps on it and that's what I saw in the mirror - my lumpy cervix bits..)

Anyway so my question is, has anyone had one too? I'm not worried about potential surgery if that is the only way to correct as we are definitely done for baby making but I am worried about if this will affect my sex life? I just cant imagine getting intimate with my husband with what looks like a mini penis coming out my vajaja!!

Go to see your GP and ask for a referral to a gynae.

What the gynae will tell you is that things will become less droopy once you finish bfing (if you are), all to do with hormones, so even if surgery is recommended, you won't be able to get anything done short-term (or it wouldn't be advised).

You may be referred to a specialist Physio for advice on liquid intake and exercises to improve things in the meantime.

I'm speaking from personal experience, BTW, not a medical expert.

And yes, lots of us have had them. There's a long-running thread knocking about.

Good luck!

It's very very early days :)
It does sound like a prolapse, but it may improve all by itself..so surgery is not inevitable! Mine was just like yours and I spent a ridiculous amount of time basically trying to lie upside down (think headstands!) to help it shift up! No idea if it helped but doing a billion pelvic floor exercises did improve it.

I did eventually have a hyserectomy.. but more for period problems, as by the time I got round to sorting stuff the prolapse was 'mild'. It didn't ruin our sex life but i did feel as if my insides were dragging if I had been on my feet all day.

Get doing the pelvics as soon as possible, and avoid being constipated and having to push too much !

Thanks, I am doing 6 sets of pelvic floors a day, avoiding heavy lifting, have knocked my iron tablets on the head and going next week for some acupuncture which apparently can help 'pull' it back up through your Bai Hui spot :/ All news to me but just desperate to not end up paying out for surgery and regain a normal sex life. Said to my husband that i feel like I have a micro penis at the moment which he pulled a face at!!!

I have had a prolapse and had the surgery to correct it. I lived with it for 3 years as mine happened after dc1, and we knew wanted dc2. Mine 'pulled up' a lot when I finished bf, and also when I had lost the baby weight (less weight bearing down on my pelvic floor) - but ultimately I needed surgery. Sex was not an issue pre-surgery, it actually poked everything back into place, and post surgery dh is delighted with the, ahem, surgically reconfigured, pre-baby 'tightness'. I'm sorry that you are going through this now though, I remember the constant discomfort very well....congrats on dc3 too, and I am very impressed you are poking about down there so soon post birth and even thinking about dtd!