Worried about prolapse :/

[AngelofTroy]

TMI, but I put a finger in my vagina today, I wanted to feel whether I felt 'normal'... and I do not!!

My cervix is reeeally low, only about 2 thirds of my index finger was in and it was clearly touching my cervix. I could also feel a weird bulge, like pingpong ball sized soft ball, on the back wall of my vagina. It was hanging so low, I could get my finger either side of it.

I was really hoping to have sex after my 6 week check but I'm 4 weeks now and I'm not sure there would be 'room'.

Is this normal? Is it just swelling or a prolapse of some kind? Should I insist the Dr check it? Noone has checked me physically since birth despite me having 3 stitches, they just as if I'm peeing and pooing ok. :/

Help.

 

[DragonTamer]

I would tell your practitioner know that it feels weird down there and you're concerned.

 

[polaris]

I would ask them to check you. I had to ask my doctor to check me at the six week check and I do have a mild b;ladder prolapse.

 

[AngelofTroy]

I would ask them to check you. I had to ask my doctor to check me at the six week check and I do have a mild b;ladder prolapse.

What do they do about it?xx

 

[TriChick]

I was diagnosed with bladder, rectal, and uterine prolapse about 2 months after the birth of LO. For me, the only permanent treatment is surgery down the road, however I've been doing Kegels and can feel a slight improvement with the uterine prolapse. Rectal and bladder not so much, but I notice them less now than after my initial discovery. Good luck hun!

 

[AngelofTroy]

Spoke to my GP on the phone and she said some degree is common this early on but she's going to check me later today because I'm worrying a LOT. I'll update later xx

 

[summer rain]

I wouldn't worry too much at all and I hope the GP can reassure you, it can take 4-6 weeks or longer for everything to go back into place. I have worried a couple of times that I've had a prolapse but upon looking into it, it wasn't. I have been told with a true prolapse it will actually be worse when standing up, upon checking when standing my cervix was so high up it couldn't be reached and my bladder was in a normal position so that reassured me xx

 

[AngelofTroy]

The Dr reassured me that it's normal at this stage, apparently the muscles of the vaginal walls take a while to get strong enough to hold everything in place again. She said if it feels the same or worse in a month then to come back, but at the moment she doesn't see any reason it won't go back to normal. PHEW!!!

 

[polaris]

I would ask them to check you. I had to ask my doctor to check me at the six week check and I do have a mild b;ladder prolapse.

What do they do about it?xx

I'm attending physiotherapy but it's basically just Kegels. However the physio did check internally to see if I was doing them correctly, which was very useful as I wasn't tightening all the way forward to the bladder, which is where I really need it. They won't do anything else for a year as it can improve significantly with time. I got a pelvic floor exercise DVD too which I find useful to keep me motivated!