Woman Shares How Her Pelvic Prolapse Has Impacted Her Life

Anita joins The Doctors in the medical confessional to seek help for her pelvic organ prolapse that she’s been dealing with for over ten years.

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[TwighlightAngelRose]

I can not imagine the discomfort this poor lady must have been in. She is so strong to come onto live television and talk about this. I pray she got the right treatment and she is doing better!

[cskiles]

Half your guts hanging out and sex is first thing ppl ask. When a woman already feels horrible about it 😢

[momjeans]

Kegeling right now. My grandmother had this happen too.

[lorrieruff]

I hope they give a follow up on this story, that poor lady. Best of everything for you.

[elizabethbetsy]

I had this after my last baby at 40! I really feel for this woman. It is so awful. I had two surgeries and finally have my life back. This happens to a lot of women but I had never heard of it before! I called an ambulance the first time my uterus fell out!! Anyways!! Well wishes to this lady and all women who go through it!

[kirstygunn]

I feel for this lady I am only 38 and had this happen with my bladder and bowel when I was 31 years old. I was lucky to get the operation to solve this problem.

[ricardogarcia]

My mother had this for 6yrs and she was in so much pain they did a viginal sergery and it was so pain full i jus fell for her

[rachaelsunshine]

I know first hand how hard this situation is. I am a 36 year old mother. 1.5 years ago I had an anterior prolapse repair. About 7 weeks ago i felt pressure and went to the specialist, my uterus, bladder and posterior wall had all prolpsed leaving me in an imense amount of discomfort. Every day has made me feel like less of a woman. You smile on the outside but on the inside you are falling apart literally as well as emotionally.

I am a mother to three beautiful children and my damage is a direct result from having my family. In 8 days I am having a total hysterectomy and pelvic floor repair done all at once.

I have had some dark days and sometimes feel so frustrated that my body keeps falling apart. I struggle to understand why but know this is the only option for me.

I feel to young to be doing this but cant go on feeling inside out.

I feel so sorry for this poor lady. I have only endured 7 weeks but she has had 10 years. I hope her quality of life improves and I hope shee feels better soon.

In 8 days I will have had my surgery and will be on the road to recovery.

[janejohnstone]

Its ferls very uncomfortable...when walking...keep wanting to push it...up..

[Billybloop]

I am 30 years old and have a mild bladder prolapse. I have had bladder issues for a long time so it's no surprise. It's not as bad as what this lady has but I need to pee almost constantly.

[epiphanyinsight]

My mother had this. This is so terrible.

[daniellepointer]

I understand i stuggle with this in a mild way and am 42 mine goes in and out

[FredaFlynn]

I have exactly this at 68 and have had it for years. I use oestrogen cream vaginally, exercises that I watch on YouTube with Dr Bri and wear support knickers where on bad days I use a rolled up sanitary towel that I place in the bulging area then pull up the knickers to hold it in place. With the tight support knickers the sanitary towel is held in place and stops the bulge from coming down. With the oestrogen cream I find I can cope with this condition and with Dr Bri’s amazing exercises my prolapse isn’t always a problem. You need a lubricant in order to push the prolapse back into the vaginal canal, surrounded by oestrogen cream and do pelvic floor exercises during the day every day. Ladies you can deal with this without surgery as surgery isn’t always a good choice. The tissue is thin and once the uterus is removed if prolapse occurs again the bowel can prolapse. For this terrifying reason I personally won’t have surgery.

[empressvel]

My mother is currently going through the same process for years now 😢😢😢😢😢

[goldengoddess]

I had a pelvic organ prolapse in 2015 from a lot of heavy lifting on my Job. My uterus fell and my bladder laying on top a lot of pain My uterus was literally hanging thru my vagina scared me bad. I ended up having a total hysterectomy and my bladder was reconstruct and put in a mesh. Remind you I was very healthy down there got my annuals every year with great results. I was 55 yrs old when this happen and I worked 13 yrs. For this company and they denied me of everything.(McKesson Pharmaceutical)billion dollar Co. I had all proof and they did me wrong

[naturegirl]

Please Drs we woman need help with Ehlers Danlos. Pelvic organ prolapse is 1 co morbidity of EDS. I know women who are living with rectal prolapse etc and have had multiple failed surgeries sometimes and have very low quality of life. And other things that people should not have to deal with.

[starlite]

So  why   hasn't  a  doctor  taken  care  of  the  problem  a  long  time  ago.

[ella-bthp]

I have a prolapsed uterus and frontal vagina wall. Hers sounds like a grade 3 mine is only a grade 1 I had 3 babies last two close together I had this at 28 years old so it's not just older woman

[lollsazz]

Wondering if weightlifters get more prolapses....

[mariasofola]

I'm 40 but have this problem since I've had my last child at 27 its not as bad as this Lady but enough to notice it when I'm sitting on the toilet, my doctor seen it but didn't recommend any treatment