Pelvic organ prolapse 😅

I am 90% I have a POP, my little boy is 2 weeks old tomorrow and for the first week or so I wasn’t really concentrating on any sensation down there other than it still being sore. My bleeding has calmed down over the last couple days and I’m feeling back to normal down there in the sense that there’s no pain. I didn’t have any tears or stitches. However, I’ve noticed a full feeling in my vagina on and off when I’m not busy, just sat chilling. A bit like huh, that feels different. And when I go to the toilet or sit in a toilet position there a heaviness almost like a weight pulling down. So curiosity got the best of me, and I felt up there, and there’s definitely a lump/something protruding into my vagina. It’s not at the opening, far enough for me to comfortably reach with a finger. It’s not painful or causing me any other symptoms as of now. I’ve Dr Googled (probs shouldn’t have) and seen that a POP (pelvic organ prolapse of uterus, bladder or rectum) is quite common after birth? However I was never warned or made aware of the possibility of this with this birth or my previous child, nor have I ever been asked about any symptoms of it after birth. My question is does anyone have any experience with this, is it “normal”, does it tend to go away on its own and if so what’s the time line like on that? I think I’m going to call the GP, will they just check that it’s 100% a prolapse, tell me the severity and then let me know treatment? I’ve no idea how serious or not it is or how it may affect me going forward.

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I would love to know how you get on. I’ve had a look with a mirror and definitely can see something up inside (not protruding) so think I also have an issue. Baby came early and is 3weeks but had forceps and a long labour all of which, I know, are risk factors. It’s making me scared. Again I need to go to the docs to be looked over. I’m hoping with pelvic floor exercises and the full six weeks for everything to kind of cinch back up a bit maybe there will be a level on improvement? But I also hear that breastfeeding keeps things loose cause of low oestrogen so can delay improvement, and pelvic floor exercises may only stop it getting worse 🤦🏽‍♀️

I felt a slight bulge up there today so now I'm wondering if I also have a prolapse. Did you contact your GP?

Hey, I stumbled across this as I had the same experience and always try to help others who may be experiencing the same sort of issues! Like you (and lots of others), I had lots of heaviness after my birth (forceps, episiotomy, PPH), it felt like something was ‘falling out’ but there was never anything visible, though I could feel a bit of a bump. I had a UTI when I was 2 weeks PP and that didn’t help anything either! I went and had a mummy MOT with a private pelvic health physio who said this sort of thing is incredibly normal post delivery, all related to hormones, pelvic floor muscles healing up and so on! I ended up just having a bit of laxity in the top wall of my vagina which healed with doing regular pelvic floor exercises. I’m now 7 months PP and day to day have no symptoms at all but may get a heavy feeling if I’ve done too much etc. There are lots of things that can be done to manage symptoms!!

I highly recommend getting seen by a pelvic health physio as they’re better at diagnosing and giving help with pelvic floor exercises etc than a GP is!!

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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