Uterine prolapse WHILE pregnant

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Hello!
does anyone have any experience with having a uterine prolapse while pregnant?
I’m 30w and have been feeling extremely uncomfortable, so last week decided to have a look and convinced myself I had some sort of prolapse.
made an a app with GP, thinking i would just be told that it’s not, and would give me peace of mind. But GP Confirmed she was ‘seeing movement’ and it was my womb she was looking at 😨 she wasn’t sure how to proceed in pregnancy, and said she would prefer someone more specialist to have a look, and as I had a consultant soo already scheduled for a few days later she asked me to speak to them then and ask them to examine me.

so that consultant appointment was the start of this week, and when I told them what Gp had said, she literally laughed, said you do not have a prolapse, and refused to examine me.

this was a few days ago now and I feel myself getting quite anxious about it. There’s not much information to be found on having a uterine prolapse while pregnant and anything I have seen points to possible complications.
would it be unreasonable to speak to triage to ask to be examined? I’m really hoping someone does look and can say nope that’s nothing to worry about, but until anyone actually takes the time to physically look I feel quite let down.

How dismissive of your consultant !

I would get a midwife to examine you and for the midwife to speak to the consultant

Hope you get it sorted x

A midwife won’t examine you because you’re pre-term. Can you see your cervix? Is it your bladder prolapsing? I had a bladder prolapse in pregnancy, diagnosed by my GP, which has no course of action until after the birth. However if is an actual uterine prolapse you definitely need to be seen and I’d ring triage like you suggest

I had initially assumed bladder or even bowel just pushing against the vaginal wall, as tbh I’m not entirely sure what I’m looking at, but there’s definitely something there that shouldn’t be! It was the GP who said it was definitely the womb she was seeing,which is what’s worrying me.

thankyou! I did leave a message for my midwife at the start of the week, but no reply as of yet!

Oh yes, I had this, but 30 years ago when I was pregnant with DS. I can't recall how many weeks I was, but thinking about my big tummy, probably similar to you now.

I felt like I was sitting on a lump, like a tampon when its half falling out feeling. I had a look with a mirror and could definitely see my cervix. Obviously I freaked out and went to GP, who had a look and sent me off to the Consultant. I was told it was hormones softening everything up. Can't remember if they said progesterone was slightly too high or something. Anyway, it had all gone back to normal by the time I gave birth at 39 weeks and never had an issue since.

Ring the maternity ward, ask for the most senior midwife on duty to call you back, usually this is a PMA (professional midwife advocate) or a matron depending on your trust. Explain to them what has happened and that you need to be seen by another consultant.

Why would she need the matron to call her? Any midwife would do!

How awful! I've been experiencing a similar feeling from 12 weeks and eventually I called the MAU because it had gotten so uncomfortable.

I was in and out in 3 hours and the OBGYN examined me. All ok, just some swollen scar tissue from last birth and what thet called 'anatomical changes of pregnancy' - think that was the term anyway 😂

Hope it's as simple for you!

Do try the MAU.

Yes, exactly like I've got a tampon in wrong like pp said!

I had a prolapse before my second pregnancy. While pregnancy didn't do it any favours, I had a straightforward pregnancy and vagianal birth. Pelvic floor exercises may help you feel less like it's falling out. Talk to your midwife if you're worried.