Post partum pelvic floor and subsequent pregnancy
Hi,
I am 18 months post partum. Following the birth I had typical incontinence issues which resolved in a couple of weeks. Since then I was able to resume jogging and high impact exercise though at times I did feel a bit “buldgy” and felt like tampons weren’t staying in properly.
In August I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks. During that pregnancy I felt a significant change in my pelvic floor and was peeing a little during high impact exercise.
I’m now pregnant again, about 6 weeks.
I’ve seen a pelvic floor specialist who did an internal exam. She said that whilst my pelvic floor muscles are quite strong, my cervix is currently very low, most likely impacted by having a retroverted uterus.
She has given me the typical pelvic floor exercise to conduct 3 x daily and recommended I cease all high impact and deep squatting exercise. She said it’s likely that I will need to wear a pessary ring as the pregnancy progresses to support my cervix/uterus. Will see her in a month to check my progress.
Has anybody had similar experience?
What sort of impact would the low cervix have on the pregnancy/birth?
Thanks for any advice
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