I never thought I’d say this out loud, but here it goes.
There were days I felt like my insides were slipping out. Not in some dramatic way. Just this weird heaviness down there… like pressure that wouldn't go away.
At first I ignored it. I figured it was just part of getting older or maybe because I had kids.
But the feeling kept getting worse. I started dreading long walks, avoiding sex, and constantly checking myself in the mirror, thinking Is something bulging? Am I losing control?
When I finally built up the nerve to bring it up with my doctor, she told me it was “early stage prolapse” and that it wasn’t serious enough for surgery. Then she handed me a sheet of paper with instructions for Kegels.
I felt brushed off.
I tried doing the Kegels, I really did. But I could never tell if I was doing them right. And no matter how many I did, the pressure didn’t go away. It actually started getting worse.
I felt like my body was falling apart… and no one was talking about it.