You can do a yahoo or google search on prolapsed bladder and find good information. Your grandmother may have already talked to her Dr. About her prolapse....Whether it is falling outside her vagina which would indicate that she would need surgery to tack it back in place. There is also a device that can be placed inside her to hold it back in but she would have more hygiene problems with that. Her Dr. Will help her make a decision.

Thanks so much for that information

Hi

please re-consider any invasive surgery. I was so unbelievably relieved I didn't do so after reading the shocking stories in "misinformed consent" by lise cloutier-steele.

Another very important book to read is "saving the whole woman" by christine kent who has a great website called first aid for prolapse (i think).

There is a very good chance of horrendous side effects form these surgeries and also of subsequent prolapses as for example, the removal of one organ removes scaffolds for the others, in the case of removal of hte uterus.

Think about yoga, acupuncture,herbs and biofeedback with good well trained people and inform yourself with those great books if you can

good luck

anne

"please re-consider any invasive surgery"

there isn't any removal of organs during this procedure, they just tack the bladder back into position with a few stitches. My grandmother had this done and it's helped her immensely. Her bladder had been falling out of her body for years. She had the surgery to retack her bladder when she was in her late 80's or early 90's. She will be 104 this year and still no problems.

do i need a c-section if i have bladder prolapse while p.g.

just had a bladder tied to the uterus. the neck of uterus was removed, seemingly this is easier for the surgeon. after surgeon told me he hadn't touched the rectum, don't know why, i only knew of a prolapsed bladder, which was worked on thru vag.
after surgery (16/09/09) first 3 days the best i've had since! then felt something else had fallen on my rightside of vagina. goes when sat down a while, comes back walking, stqnding or lifting( no more than the required 10kilos allowed i think)
always a discharge of blood and a clear liquid (no odour) then it got worse. had a look with a mirror, saw blood coloured mucus, & a small amount of brown mucus. given pessary, antibiotics and acide traneexamique which put me in a state of stupour and my eyes so tired, i gave it up, now i feel i need an st. have had irritations all around the area because of continuous liquid (more liquid than blood). should see a gyno. now, no? what is this liquid. should of stayed with the ring i put up with for 6 mths, no problems with that, except couldn't walk too far am an active 64yr old. used to love walking the mountains. will that happen again?

Hello. All of these replies are very interesting!

Hello. All of these replies are very interesting! I am a nurse practitioner in a doctors office who does these types of surgeries. The vast majority of the time, patients who have had cystocele and rectocele surgery are very happy with the results and
wish they had done it sooner. We recommend pelvic rest for 6 weeks after surgery (that means no sex for 6 weeks) and it really does take about 6 weeks for pressure or pain to subside in some people, other people have less pain. The surgery can be done in a minimally invasive manner either entirely through the vagina or by laparoscopy or Robotic surgery and
only 1 or 2 nights in the hospital. It is true that when a hysterectomy is also performed along with the cystocele and rectocele
repair, it can weaken the natural scaffold. So make sure your surgeon also performs a "vaginal vault suspension." This means
that after the hysterectomy, the top of the vagina is suspended to its natural ligaments for support. One other advice,
make sure your surgeon is fellowship trained in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) - this means he or she is board accredited in urogynecology. Good Luck to all of you.