Pelvic prolapse symptoms

Pessary, not essay!

I also had a ring essay fitted by the local nurse. First one was too small and fell out after a few days, so I just suffered for another year. When it got so bad that I felt utterly miserable with the discomfort, I went back to the same nurse. She tried a larger ring this time and hey presto, the difference was amazing. It’s not overstating it to say that it has transformed my life. I wear panty liners at home and use the Tesco Free Spirit thicker pads if I’m going out anywhere just to feel secure. But please don’t suffer in silence. Go back to the doctor/nurse and try a larger ring pessary. Does anyone else find they get more frequent UTIs due to what I refer to as a “low slung undercarriage”?

Similar experience to Sparkle. My symptoms (bladder and bowel prolapse): I had trouble peeing (owing to pressure on tubes) and could feel (and see actually, if look in mirror) a bulge protruding towards entrance of vagina. Have had a ring pessary for years and also oestrogen cream prescribed to insert twice a week. Has worked well. GPS and physios are obsessed with pelvic floor exercises. Found them ok when I was younger. Quite hard to do now (I am 68).

Thanks Sparkle, encouraging story. I will follow up.

Saxifrage

Thanks Lizzie, I had thought about that but not got round to it. Have now ordered one.

Hope it works for you🤞

Might be too much information but, since using mine, when I have a bowel movement I feel like I have completely emptied my bowel, which I didn’t always feel like before.

Hello there , I have a POP , cystocele and rectocele , diagnosed about 15 years ago following a nasty chest infection which involved an awful lot of coughing and wetting myself lol .
Prior to that I was getting a dragging sensation in my pelvis and after walking or being on my feet for a long time a bulging feeling in my vagina , as if I were sitting on a golf ball . I was offered a repair or to try a ring pessary to support it . I was told the repair could need doing again in the future and at the time there was a lot of bad press about mesh being used and leaving women a lot worse off afterwards . I opted to try the ring pessary . It's been a godsend . It completely eradicates my symptoms. It's fitted at my local hospital by a gynaecology nurse every 6 months and I forget about it until the next appointment. I also have estradiol vaginal pessary which I use twice a week prescribed by my GP to keep everything down there healthy . Initially it took a while to get the right size , too small and it falls out etc , but it's worth persevering. A simple gynaecological exam should determine whether you have a prolapse or not . It's very common in us ladies after menopause and childbirth but no need to be uncomfortable and it is very debilitating especially if you're active and like walking . Hope this helps

Thanks Lizzie, I had thought about that but not got round to it. Have now ordered one.

Additional information - about a year ago i got the energy to explain to my GP and was sent to a consultant, he sent me to a very boring pelvic floor exercise class at the local hospital. Then went back to him and he fitted a pessary ( a plastic disk) that was supposed to hold things up.It fell out on the way back to my car! I am afraid I then lost patience and thought sod it, I will cope as I have done for some years. Next month I have been called to a follow up with this consultant so I will go and see what he has to offer this time. An operation is possible but I will refuse that.

Have you tried using a ‘poop stool’? You put your feet on it when having a bowel movement and it helps everything move along, IYKWIM.

Apparently it puts the colon in the perfect position for pooing without putting pressure on the pelvic floor.

I’d read about them and was sceptical but thought I’d give it a go; quite cheap on Amazon - really works for me.

I’ve just she a phone consult with my GP describing just what your post says Saxifrage. I have an appointment in three weeks

Saxifrage, I have the same symptoms, if I feel the need I have to go immediately. I take a water tablet every morning and wow they work...if I have somewhere to go certain days, I miss the water pill...don't take it till I come home.

For me the main problem (or what it feels like) is that instead of my rectum pointing straight down to my anus it seems to have a bend in it towards my vagina and so when I need a bowel movement it can be difficult. I get a bulging feeling in my perineum (the area between rectum and vagina.) I think I read on here years ago that the solution was to make a small pad of loo paper and press on the perineum. This helps with bowel movements. Also avoid constipation if possible, ie eat roughage, fruit and veg. Sorry if this is too much info for some. Doctors are also very keen on lots of pelvic floor exercise to improve muscle tone. I find doing these regularly very hard? Recently I also find urinating needs more muscle control.