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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:24am |
Okay this is really TMI in a big way.
I seem to have a *ahem* big gaping hole from pushing out the last baby but it hasn't closed as much as I thought it would.... at least it's not as closed as I dimly recall from after baby #2. Is this normal? Am I just expecting things too soon? I'm not having any problems with incontinence. Here's the TMI bit... I can't "hold on" to my finger. Is that bad? Thanks ladies 
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:27am |
cant say i have ever even tried to "hold on to my finger" down there before. i can think of other things i would rather "hold". 
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:34am |
Hahahaha 
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:45am |
Lol Deb!
Yep this is a way TMI topic,..but yes I have the same prob! I havent tried the finger thing tho! Lol! But I cant feel anything move when i try and sqeeze my pelvic floor muscles anymore,..I try regularly to try to strengthen/ tighten things up.
My biggest mistake was looking with a mirror down there about a week after I gave birth,..I will be traumatised by that image forever 
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 11:27am |
LOsoveryL!! I did the same think, Kellz!
Yeah I can honestly say that things are far from what they were, and I've been doing my exercises. Blinkin's Ella's oversized head (they warned me, too)! I read that in 3 months your lady-parts should all be back to normal if you do regular PC exercises... yeah, right!
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 11:30am |
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i remember thinking mine were bigger but hubby said that everything felt the same down there. i think that maybe it just feels "looser" to us knoweing what came out.
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 11:47am |
Obviously I don't hav that issue having had a c-section but have thought about trying these?. I know of plenty of people who swear by them. I went to a Joanna G party (which is were I got mine) and the lady talked of having the same problem, she found things got a whole lot better using these for several hours a day. When she started using them she couldn't even keep them in properly!!!!
Could be worth a shot. 
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 12:11pm |
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shame - dropping them out in the supermarket
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 12:15pm |
Quoting the site: "Quite enjoyable to wear, but I find they rattle audibly when I walk or laugh, and so I don't recommend wearing them around the office..." !!! 
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 12:20pm |
Apparently you can solve that problem by getting plastic ones.... according to my former boss they wouldn't click as much (like I really needed to know she had metal ones!!!  )
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 12:27pm |
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 1:26pm |
I think I'm gross out by my own topic 
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 1:51pm |
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:24pm |
I have no pelvic floor muscles. They quit and headed for a role with better perks and fewer overheads some time during my pregnancy with the gremlins. Have I ever said that the human body is not designed to give birth to more than one baby at a time
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:35pm |
Hehehe, this is funny to read  I've never heard of the holding your finger thing.
I've started playing netball again and I have noticed that when I move too quickly my bladder is definatley not as 'secure' as it used to be. Shame...I can't believe I just said that 'out loud'
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:38pm |
Oh, and my MW suggested that I have a 'look' just after Brenna was born but I wasn't brave enough!
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:50pm |
Oh be so pleased that you didnt Anna,...Im so traumatised It was awful! I couldnt ever imagine it was gonna look that awful or I never would have looked.I couldnt even see it all that well cos of all the swelling/grazes and stitches And your so not the only leaky one around here,..I have the same prob
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 9:04pm |
Ugh I looked too and it wasn't pretty. (I've now been stitched twice down there.) I don't think my bladder would be all that great with netball either, I'm still nervous about sneezing without warning!
I once heard that if the PC Muscles are as they should be, you ought to be able to hold onto something the size of a pencil... not that I've ever tried! I only tried the finger cause I was in the bath
And Emma... I've heard you say many a time that there were 3 minutes between the twins
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 9:10pm |
I knew that its common for the perineum to tear,..but I wasnt prepared for 3 way tears,..and 3 rows of stitches
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Posted: 30 April 2007 at 9:31pm |
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Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11)
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