Prolapse?

Kitten · Sep 24th, 2009, 03:51 AM

Hey, I was wondering if anyone had any experience of uterine prolapse. Basically I had a look in the mirror at things down there and between my vagina and where I pee from I have an extra hole! My vagina is still an opening, as in, there's nothing falling out or blocking it. It looks like my vaginal wall has folded out and has a hole in it but I'm thinking this hole is more likely my cervix. I've had a google and I'm not freaking out or anything because I know it's not life threatening, and I'm not in any pain or discomfort. I don't even have a 'heavy' feeling but I can't think what else this hole is. I'm going to ring the dr today but it normally takes a week to get an appointment. Can a prolapse happen later on? I've been quite constipated recently so straining a bit, could this have caused it? I was examined and scanned a week pp and it was fine then but I'm now 11 weeks, could a prolapse happen this far along? Although I suppose I don't know when it happened as I didn't know til I looked

Lu28 · Sep 24th, 2009, 04:35 AM

Hi hon

I have a prolapse which developed at about 14-15 weeks so it can take a while to start up. I'm not sure about the hold though. I had a heavy feeling and then noticed a bulging which seems to be a pretty common symptom so not sure what this is for you. Definitely get yourself a doc appointment though just to be checked out

Kitten · Sep 24th, 2009, 04:39 AM

Thanks

I couldn't get an appt til 6th October but like I said, it's not causing me any grief. I'll keep up my pelvic floors and ease off on the exercise just in case.

Kitten · Sep 24th, 2009, 11:13 AM

Well I put a finger in my vagina and it's definitely 'blocked' so I think it is my cervix hanging out, lovely. Will I be OK until Oct 6th? I guess I don't know how long it was there for already, lol. How do they fix it?

firstLO · Sep 27th, 2009, 09:53 AM

I would ring again and ask for an emergency appointment. I wouldn't leave something like that just in case. Better to be safe than sorry but I'm sure these things are commom and easily sorted. x

hypnorm · Sep 27th, 2009, 10:17 AM

if you think it is a prolapse then i personally would take your self off down to a+e.
Prolapses can become infected then causing other problems.
In veternary medicine we treat prolapses as an emergency, so i would think it would be the same in humans too. Get checked out.

Kitten · Sep 27th, 2009, 15:35 PM

Yeah I bent over earlier and it was uncomfy so I'm going to ring the dr first thing and get an emergency appt as it's just bugging at the back of my mind and then they'll be able to refer me to the hospital if needs be. Our A&E is a 2hour 2bus journey away so it's a bit tricky with LO. My rat died from a uterine prolapse last Christmas ironically enough! Thanks ladies xx

Kitten · Sep 28th, 2009, 05:19 AM

They're seeing me at 11.40, just got to kill time until then lol. Had some bleeding this morning so that probably explains the pain, it never occurred to me how a period might feel with my womb where it is.

XKatX · Sep 28th, 2009, 08:34 AM

How did your appointment go hun?

Kitten · Sep 28th, 2009, 10:51 AM

I'm fine!! I'm just a rubbish healer. I'm all swollen and stuff still and the pains are from some scar tissue. The hole and tube? My urethra!? That completely threw me as I though I urinated elsewhere, lmao, God knows what's going on but she seemed happy with everything and said apart from the swelling and the urethra also being swollen everything is fine and should fix itself and the bleeding must be my first period. I guess postnatal recovery just takes longer for some people.

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Kitten Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Crawley, England Posts: 6,343	Prolapse? Hey, I was wondering if anyone had any experience of uterine prolapse. Basically I had a look in the mirror at things down there and between my vagina and where I pee from I have an extra hole! My vagina is still an opening, as in, there's nothing falling out or blocking it. It looks like my vaginal wall has folded out and has a hole in it but I'm thinking this hole is more likely my cervix. I've had a google and I'm not freaking out or anything because I know it's not life threatening, and I'm not in any pain or discomfort. I don't even have a 'heavy' feeling but I can't think what else this hole is. I'm going to ring the dr today but it normally takes a week to get an appointment. Can a prolapse happen later on? I've been quite constipated recently so straining a bit, could this have caused it? I was examined and scanned a week pp and it was fine then but I'm now 11 weeks, could a prolapse happen this far along? Although I suppose I don't know when it happened as I didn't know til I looked

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Lu28 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 12,646	Hi hon I have a prolapse which developed at about 14-15 weeks so it can take a while to start up. I'm not sure about the hold though. I had a heavy feeling and then noticed a bulging which seems to be a pretty common symptom so not sure what this is for you. Definitely get yourself a doc appointment though just to be checked out
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Sep 24th, 2009, 04:39 AM	#3
Kitten Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Crawley, England Posts: 6,343	Thanks I couldn't get an appt til 6th October but like I said, it's not causing me any grief. I'll keep up my pelvic floors and ease off on the exercise just in case.

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Sep 24th, 2009, 11:13 AM	#4
Kitten Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Crawley, England Posts: 6,343	Well I put a finger in my vagina and it's definitely 'blocked' so I think it is my cervix hanging out, lovely. Will I be OK until Oct 6th? I guess I don't know how long it was there for already, lol. How do they fix it?

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Sep 27th, 2009, 09:53 AM	#5
firstLO Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 461	I would ring again and ask for an emergency appointment. I wouldn't leave something like that just in case. Better to be safe than sorry but I'm sure these things are commom and easily sorted. x

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hypnorm Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stroud, Gloucester Posts: 4,505	if you think it is a prolapse then i personally would take your self off down to a+e. Prolapses can become infected then causing other problems. In veternary medicine we treat prolapses as an emergency, so i would think it would be the same in humans too. Get checked out.

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Sep 27th, 2009, 15:35 PM	#7
Kitten Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Crawley, England Posts: 6,343	Yeah I bent over earlier and it was uncomfy so I'm going to ring the dr first thing and get an emergency appt as it's just bugging at the back of my mind and then they'll be able to refer me to the hospital if needs be. Our A&E is a 2hour 2bus journey away so it's a bit tricky with LO. My rat died from a uterine prolapse last Christmas ironically enough! Thanks ladies xx

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Sep 28th, 2009, 05:19 AM	#8
Kitten Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Crawley, England Posts: 6,343	They're seeing me at 11.40, just got to kill time until then lol. Had some bleeding this morning so that probably explains the pain, it never occurred to me how a period might feel with my womb where it is.

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XKatX Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Surrey Posts: 5,897	How did your appointment go hun?

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Sep 28th, 2009, 10:51 AM	#10
Kitten Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Crawley, England Posts: 6,343	I'm fine!! I'm just a rubbish healer. I'm all swollen and stuff still and the pains are from some scar tissue. The hole and tube? My urethra!? That completely threw me as I though I urinated elsewhere, lmao, God knows what's going on but she seemed happy with everything and said apart from the swelling and the urethra also being swollen everything is fine and should fix itself and the bleeding must be my first period. I guess postnatal recovery just takes longer for some people.

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