What has sex been like with prolapse?

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I am now 10 months pp and I have only just felt emotionally ready for sex. My husband says it feels no different, but it’s so hard for me to get my head around. Even now I am only comfortable missionary and can’t go like we used to (sorry for the tmi). I am hoping once I stop breastfeeding it will get better. Going to a PT really helped, they gave me breathing exercises to do. I was also prescribed HRT, which made everything feel much better down there. Lords knows why we do not just get that for a few months after birth is beyond me!

@Rebecca Roberts Thanks so much for sharing! I’m also totally in my head about what it will feel like. What do you think about breastfeeding makes a difference? I also breastfeed exclusively 👀 And is HRT hormone replacement therapy? I’ve just googled it and thats what came up. How did that help you? What difference has it made for you? Hope you dont mind the follow up questions just dont know anyone who is going through the same thing to talk to ❤️

I exclusively breastfeed too, everyone keeps saying it gets better once you stop. I should be finishing in the next couple of months, so I can see if it helps. I was told to use estrogen, as it helps ‘plump’ up the area! So it just overall felt better. Going to the pt was a huge help, she explained that I am not letting go when squeezing and took away the tension - I felt so much better after that session.

@Rebecca Roberts thank you so much. :) I’ve got a pt appointment early October. She’ll also assess so i hope to get some sort of diagnosis there and at my go 6 week check in too I’ll ask about estrogen too

I’m 6 months pp and it’s changed over the last few months. It’s never really been painful, and actually in the first few months I found that it helped put things back in the right place and I felt a bit better for around 24 hours after. My husband couldn’t feel it particularly. Now I don’t experience that quite so much but I think that’s related to my symptoms improving. The bigger hurdle for me was getting in the mood when I’m physically and emotionally exhausted, and also discomfort related to breastfeeding like Rebecca. Estrogen cream, a patient husband and lube helped here. All the best for your recovery x

@Rebekah thank you so much! I appreciate the reply. Its so good to hear from other people who experience this. I also dont know how and when we’d get the chance and energy yet 😄

My husband said he could tell there had been movement of some sort/ it felt a bit different but he still enjoyed it (well as much as anyone can with the 5 week old making those mental noises less than two metres away from you 🙈). For me it didn’t physically feel any different really but obviously was a bit paranoid he was hating it/ grossed out and not telling me during lol

@CSW 😄 that makes sense. Thanks for replying. Def a change to have the bubba in the room 🤣 Its probably a bigger mental block and somewhat physical.

It doesn’t feel good anymore honestly

Hey! Just come looking to see how everyone else feels, hopefully your symptoms are okay! I have an anterior wall prolapse and it’s quite obvious when you look down there as you can see it, but I’m 3 months pp now and only just started to have sex again. I did find that missionary was easiest, as it pushes the prolapse back I think. It’s still a bit uncomfortable for me but I have no idea if that’s because of the prolapse or because I haven’t had sex in 5 months and baby inbetween 🤣

My partner doesn’t remember what it felt like pre baby so it’s win 🤣 I’m ebf so i expect to have a bit more improvement whenever I decide to stop :)