Re: Prolapse & hormones - Dusty

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Dusty, I appreciate your responses...this has been tough...but I'm trying to weigh everything out the best I possibly can before surgery. You are right about my hormonal issues probably playing a part in this with my uterus. If my doc 'strangled' the ligaments when he stitched them for that suspension surgery...I wonder if the blood flow was disrupted and has led to premature ovarian decline (like what can happen with a tubal ligation and hysterectomy too). I did read that ligament strangulation can happen with the surgery (I sure didn't know that back then). I went on the pill right after that surgery and stayed on the it for 3.5 yrs, so I wouldn't have noticed any different with my hormones afterwards. Then I came off the pill and within two months was pregnant...so my ovaries have only had to work on their 'own' the last four yrs. Bingo! That's it! All my hormonal symptoms with the

estrogen decline has been since I gave birth...I think I've just figured out what's happened. Not sure if you're following...but I get it...and I hope it will help me when I explain this to the Endocrinologist! I think if I had a situation like your niece's...my uterus might right itself with proper hormonal levels...but seeing as how the ligaments are stitched, I don't see how it's gonna pull back up in place, especially after my last pregnancy stretching them 'again'. My hubby and I are trying to look at every angle. All I know is that I have to resolve this pain with sitting...and I think it's directly related to my uterus...it hurts so badly... ~Chelle Anonymous wrote: Chelle, first of all let me tell you that my 30 year old niece has

prolapse, diagnosed at 26 after first child. She has, to date, had no surgeries to fix this and her gyn told her it is not all that uncommon . She was breastfeeding her second child when it became a really uncomfortable problem, and the doc first suggested a pessary (sp?)..... but also indicated to her that waiting until she was through breast feeding might be wise.... as breast feeding upset then natural hormonal balance in a woman's body. Turns out the doc was right and several months after she stopped breastfeeding, without ever having used a pessary things righted themselves enough to relieve her pain. You know you have hormonal issues, and so perhaps this is related - as it was for my niece.Dusty