Future pregnancies with prolapse

After having my 2nd baby I was diagnosed with a cystocele and uterine prolapse. I’m unsure the degree of these as I haven’t had my appointment with gynaecology yet (I was referred 12 months ago!) Iv now recently discovered that I’m pregnant again and wondering if anyone has had experience of having more pregnancies and childbirth with prolapse and if it effected the pregnancy

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I’m 6 weeks pp with my second and had a grade 3 prolapse after my first. It had no impact on my second pregnancy other than having regular consultant appointments throughout. I was still able to have a natural birth but was advised it could make my prolapse worse but i dont believe it has. My second pregnancy was actually much better than my first despite having a prolapse this time round x

this is so positive to hear. I'm 15 weeks pp with my first and was diagnosed with a two prolapses but really want a second baby

i went into meltdown mode after finding out i had a prolapse thinking id never have any more children. The doctor didnt explain anything to me and i didnt get a gynaecology appointment until over 7 months later despite being told it would only be 2-3 weeks, so i did the worst thing possible and relied on google which was all doom and gloom but it couldn’t have been further from the truth! I would recommend asking for a pessary to be fitted (some doctors surgeries will do this so you don’t have to wait until your gynaecology appointment). It helped keep everything in place and reduced the symptoms i was having like period type pains and back ache x

I've been there believe me googling everything and I tried joining a support group on Facebook but just found them very negative so didn't help!

If you don't mind me asking is the pessary you got one that is stays in or that you can take out x

mine stayed in. It just had to be changed every 6 months x

Hey there! 37.5 weeks pregnant with a baby after having a grade 2 prolapse with my last. :)
Only issue is it kinda hurts to sit on the toilet and the heaviness is insane!
But no impact on pregnancy!

Thank you so much everyone!! Very reassuring to hear x

are you planning for a vaginal delivery? I am at the stage of considering a second baby and I would like vaginal delivery but I am worried to male my prolapse worst. Doctors will always play on the safe side and suggest c section but I have seen examples where vaginal delivery didn’t make it worst and I want to believe it would be my case if I get pregnant again

i’m 6 week pp with my second baby. I had a vaginal birth and it hasn’t made my prolapse worse x

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Oh my God, oh my God I hope this is not true!!!! I’m kind of scared

I’ve been throwing up and taking a shit all night!!! I just hope that it’s not what I think it is

Small head reported following 20 week scan

Has anyone else had it flagged that their baby is in the bottom 5th percentile for head size?

They said everything was fine whilst we were in the scan and then I got a phone call the next day saying that it’s on the small side and we’re being referred to a paediatric specialist at St George’s. Has anyone else had this and how did things go??

Would you bring 9 week old to a family party of 35+ people?

These are also people who will want to pass the baby around and get a turn to hold him. He just got his 2 month shots two days ago

Exercise 6 weeks after c section

What movement did people start to introduce? I won’t do anything too vigorous until I’ve seen the pelvic physio as I don’t want to compromise anything that may have been extremely weakened through pregnancy! But just wondering what types of classes/movement people started off with?

Induction experience

I just wanted to share my experience with being induced as I wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it may help others.

I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

I then had my first dose of the gel and definitely noticed a difference, I started experiencing period like cramps almost immediately however they were light and manageable. After 6 hours I had another cervix check and although my cervix was soft it was still only 1cm and was only open at the front. I had another dose of the gel and felt an increase in pressure and more intense cramping where I now required pain relief (codeine). After another 6 hours I had another cervix check and I had now dilated to 2-3cm however was still quite difficult to get all the way through so a third gel was recommended which I agreed to.

Almost immediately I noticed the difference and was in considerable pain, I had paracetamol and codeine however the contractions had now become intense and a lot closer together (around 3 minutes apart). After a couple of hours I had my last cervix check and was 4cm and taken down to the Labour ward to have my waters broken and an epidural.

I had been in my room for approx 20minutes when my waters broke by themselves and I was now 10cm and actively pushing…. There was no time for the epidural and my beautiful girl arrived into the world within 2 minutes of pushing.

All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

One more thing, I’ve never believed when people say “you forget the pain once they’re here” but I can honestly say this is true. It’s been 4 days and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Gave birth (vagina) 5 days ago and yesterday morning and this morning getting lot of pain in my right bottom side and lower back