Postpartum prolapse.

I have had that tampon feeling after giving birth. I had two pelvic floor repairs last year - 1 posterior and 1 uterus repair. You cannot fix a prolapse with exercise. Kegals will improve your symptoms but not the physical element of the prolapse. If yours is mild, you should feel improvement with the kegals. I recommend doing them three times a day. Hope this helps.

Hi Samantha - I just wanted to reach out and say that you are not alone and there is so much hope for improvement.

Research suggests that 50% of women who have given birth will experience a prolapse at some stage in their life - and many of us directly after childbirth. There is even research to suggest that mild prolapse is within the normal range - particularly for women who have given birth vaginally (it may be that many women may not experience symptoms / realise they have one).

With regard to your symptoms, the best advice I can give is to see a qualified women's health physio who will be best placed to assess your pelvic floor / prolapse and start your rehab (yes, kegels - but it doesn't just have to be squeezes - you can incorporate pilates-style movements with your kegels to make them more interesting)!

Under the guidance of your physio, you may notice an improvement of your symptoms in weeks - months (building pelvic floor strength is just like building any other muscle - it takes time and a progressive overload to get the most out of the muscle).

And yes, there is even research to suggest that pelvic floor muscle training (kegels) can reduce the grade of the prolapse in its milder stages. Not to mention you are still very early post-partum and your body will still be healing / dealing with different hormone levels for many more months yet (and this makes a difference to tissues).

I never usually post on boards but, having spent many hours of the night trawling through message boards about my own experience, I just wanted to reach out. I've found that it is as much a mental health issue as it is a physical one and it's very important to reach out for help for both - particularly if it's impacting you emotionally (happy mum is just as important as happy kids).

Best of luck with your journey.

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i am in the same boat. had a baby last month, and have a rectocele. i have to push w my fingers, a bulge in to go #2. i am devestated and concerned about being intimate w my husband in the future. i wish this never happened.