Re: Varicose veins of the vulva...ugh
From: Elise (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 9 Aug 2001 08:08:38 -0500 (CDT)
Hello Anon,
Kegals won't help the vulvar varicose veins. I suffer with all my
pregnancies and sometimes afterwards. The only thing that helped a lot
was the V-brace from http://www.fembrace.com . I am so glad I got it.
As far as the protruding vagina, I never had that. But we aren't really
at our best looks when we are pregnant.
Good luck.
--
Elise
At Thu, 9 Aug 2001, anon wrote:
>
>When I was preggers with my son nine years ago, I developed varicose
>veins of the vulva. They never went away, but after the birth, they
>only "popped out" if I was squatting or sitting on the toilet. Now that
>I'm preggers again, they're out all the time. They seem bigger and
>worse than they were before. It's starting to look like there's "worms"
>underneath the vulva, as well as near the inner labia, and I hate it. Is
>there ANYTHING that I can do to bring improvement with this condition?
>[can a person actually get rid of them?] I hate to think of what I'll
>look like down there when I'm nine months along! Do kegals or anything
>help? Also, I've noticed that you can see my vaginal walls from the
>opening of my vagina - and in fact, it appears that my vagina is
>protruding out about 1/3 of an inch. I'm starting to get really self
>conscious about this - I don't like my husband to see me there anymore,
>let alone my doctor! What could this be from [the protruding vagina]? I
>don't have a prolapsed uterus - it's just that my vagina kinda "hangs
>out" a little. I want to look and feel normal again instead of looking
>like there's been an "explosion" in my crotch. Any suggestions, or do I
>have to look icky forever?
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