Is this a prolapse? :(

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I had my baby 2 weeks ago (my second) and have felt pretty much back to normal since about day 3 (had great active birth, small tear but no stitches). Tonight I decided to check everything was back to normal iyswim and I am worried that I might have a prolapse. My cervix has always been high up, with smears and midwife checks a bit of a nightmare as they generally couldn't reach it. Now my cervix is easily reachable and seems to be quite low down, maybe a few inches inside. Is 2 weeks too early to have this checked out? I have a health visitor coming tomorrow, is this the kind of thing to mention to them? I am so worried that I have caused this by not taking it easy like I was told to and rushing around like nothing has happened I am also beginning to regret not having stitches. After such a great birth I couldn't stand the thought of them, but while the tear seems to have healed, it has not healed 'together' - I was possibly quite naive in thinking that when the midwife said it would heal fine she didn't actually mean it in the way I thought. Is it possible for them to give stitches if I am already healed?

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Oh, bw, maybe you can post this in BIRTH, too.

I would mention your worries to the health visitor though maybe try to get a gp appointment if you can? There is no point worrying about it. A gp could offer good advice or reassurance if all is ok. Don't see why you couldn't ask for a repair job if it not healing the way it should.

Good luck and congrats on the new baby!

Is still early days after the birth. I would mention it to HV certainly, but really your bady needs time to recover but it certainly won't be the same as it was after two children . It doesn't sound like a major prolapse though. Can you see any internal tissue at the entrance to your vagina?

It is still early days- are you doing your pf exercises? if not, do them!

I have had a prolapse and repair op- when my 2nd child was 2 yrs.

After her birth I noticed that tampons wouldn't go in so far and were slipping down. Only minis were comfortable. Lying down- sorry for tmi- I could see with a mirror a bulge inside and it was my bladder that had bulged into the vagina- though it was Not THAT bad! I also felt very "saggy".

I am much better tough myop was now 17 yrs ago and as I am post meno I will never be like a pre-baby 21 yr old again!

I don't think your HV will be able to help- i actually saw my GP, and 2 gynaes before gynae no. 3 agreed there was a problem!!!

I'd keep doing your exercises and suggest you see a gynae if you are still worried in a few months- and IF you feel uncomfortable.

You won't be the same as you were before babies, but a few inches inside is still "normal". Stitches or not would not have made any difference- it's your pelvic floor muscles that keep it all in place, not the width of your vagina, IYSWIM.

oh i thought that (i did the same as you im sure verey one does) after my dd1.

agree with others keep doing your pelvic exercises and see how things go! apparently i had a tilted womb which could make it harder to concieve again but can be fixed easily with a small op...so that would explain why dd2 was concieved in the first month of trying then