Personal question - PC Exercises
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Topic: Personal question - PC Exercises
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Personal question - PC Exercises
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:24am
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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 By: Bizzy
Date 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 By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:34am
Hahahaha  ------------- |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:45am
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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 By: Andie
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 11:27am
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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! ------------- Andie |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 11:30am
| 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. |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 11:47am
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Obviously I don't hav that issue having had a c-section but have thought about trying http://www.dvice.co.nz/products/sextras/loveballs/ - 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.  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 12:11pm
| shame - dropping them out in the supermarket |
Posted By: busymum
Date 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..." !!!  ------------- |
Posted By: Paws
Date 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!!!  )------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 12:27pm
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hahahaha ------------- |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 1:26pm
I think I'm gross out by my own topic  ------------- |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 1:51pm
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busymum wrote:Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:24pm
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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 ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Brenna
Date 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' ------------- My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:38pm
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Oh, and my MW suggested that I have a 'look' just after Brenna was born but I wasn't brave enough! ------------- My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:50pm
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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 By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 9:04pm
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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 ------------- |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 9:10pm
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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 By: KH25
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 9:31pm
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Ouch ouch ouch I'll just stick with my 1 pounder thank you ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 9:34pm
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Lol Kelly,..I had 8 of them
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 7:23am
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Gawd - glad that i'm not the only one LOL
I noticed that I am def not as "strong" down there as I used to be  I'm too scared to have SEX with the hubby cos it might feel too weird so I keep putting him off by saying that I haven't sorted the contraception yet. I think that excuse is starting to wear thin. Have to think of something else... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 7:41am
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Oh I hate that! My drive is at an all-time low, I'm still not "stretched" properly where the stitches are, and somedays I think I could do without forever! But at least the stitches don't feel fresh anymore. ------------- |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:27am
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I suprisingly had sex only 3 weeks after I had Isla,..it still feels way different than it did before, but hubby says he doesnt notice, so Im trying to just come to terms with thats the way it is now. Have no drive tho
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:50am
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Yep same here - absolutely no drive most of the time.
I didn't have stiches this time so I think it would be all good to go from every other respect - just feel a bit nervous I guess. He would probably be the same as yours Kellz and not notice anything different - esp after making him wait so long... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 9:10am
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I didn't really start getting any sort of drive for my own sake until Xavier was about 3 months old... same with Josiah, actually. Its funny, but the more frequently us women get some, the more we start to want it! My midwife said that sex is a really good way to exercise the PC muscles, as you tend to tighten them during orgasm.
Of course, I'm a shocker and since I didn't have stitches after delivering either of the boys we were back having sex once the swelling went down - about 7 days later! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 10:34am
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I found with the others, I really didn't get the drive back until my AF cycle was also back. But "fortunately" for me it was back at 3 months! (Not this time and I'm so nervous that it's gonna hit me unawares lol) ------------- |