Women who have given birth, can you answer this honestly for me...?

Question

Does doing kegels after birth make your vagina the same as it was before, or is it permanently stretched out a little bit? I'm just wondering...

I've had other uncomfortable questions answered... like "Do most women poop when they give birth?" and so on. (I got a yes for that one.)

Answer 1

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Kegels can restore it pretty darn close! If you are doing them before birth as well as after, that is even better because it helps strengthen those muscles so its easier to get back to "normal" much easier.

As someone who has worked in Labor and Delivery for a few years and witnessed countless births, yes most women DO have a bowel movement during childbirth. It is not something that can be stopped. All the pressure of the baby moving down the canal pushes everything out. It usually doesn't happen all at once, and usually the woman in labor doesn't even notice. everything "down there" tends to feel the same at that point and the nurses will just wipe it away with everything else when they check you. They clean that area really well before the baby comes out.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Honestly, for me, after giving birth, I was stretched out even more, even when everything went back to its normal size, it made having sex a lot better for me, and I did not feel so "tight" like I felt before I got pregnant.

That is why when women have more and more babies, it makes it easier for the second delivery, the third, etc, etc, because their muscles are all stretched out from the many deliveries they have had.

The first delivery can be forever, and then the more babies they have, the more flexible and pliable their insides are.

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Peace :-) !!

Answer 3

Doing Kegels BEFORE birth can help with the labor and pushing. And after it helps strengthen those muscles and tone you up, But I'm sorry to tell you it won't ever be the same. But sex still feels good for both, so don't worry about it! Some women have better sex after giving birth. Everyone is different, just relax and concentrate on that baby!

Answer 4

Kegals can help,yes..but it's never really the same down there again..

Women can poop while giving birth as the pressure you feel when you push feels the same as having a bowel movement..I don't think most women poop while giving birth-atleast I didn't...butit's definately a possibility and no your doctor won't be freaked out should you happen too..they have seen alot worse I am sure.

Answer 5

I never did kegels after birth (or even before, for that matter) and I'm tighter now that I was before having my son (or so says my husband).

And yes--I'm pretty sure I pooped during labor. THe nurse covered my tbutt with a towel so I didn't actually see it, but I'm pretty sure I did. :)

Answer 6

It will never go back to before you had kids but Kegals help to strengthen the muscles down there. Yes A LOT of women poop. I did when I had my daughter. Not when I had my son. It is common and nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about

Answer 7

it never gunna be the same huni, but with a little excersice it wont seem to be a big deal after a while.

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mummy to 6 and 1 on the way x

Answer 8

In addition to doing kegels, I bought a kegelmaster exercise device. It actually made me tighter than before.

Answer 9

Your va jay jay goes back to normal afterwords, I promise. As for pooping during labor, I didn't.

Answer 10

No, it won't stay stretched out. It will go back to it's normal size. Believe me, I had an 9.8 pounder and my vaginal walls hug my finger.

I have heard of women having problems of uncontrolled passing of gas or even stool from the anus after delivery. Is this likely to be a problem for me?

After vaginal delivery, some women do have difficulty holding their stool or gas. It occurs much more commonly after injury to the anal sphincter muscle, even if that injury is surgically repaired at the time of delivery, than it does if there is no tearing of the muscle. Ultrasound imaging in one study demonstrated separated anal sphincter muscles in 40% of the women with obstetric anal sphincter lacerations, despite repair at the time of delivery but it also demonstrated sphincter lacerations 20% of the time that were apparently unrecognized at the time of delivery. At 4 months after delivery continued anorectal dysfunction was reported by 43% of subjects in the laceration group versus only 7% of the control subjects

Recent studies suggest that the incidence of anal dysfunction as measured by ultrasound and anal pressure measurements is 8.7% but only 1-2% admit to significant symptoms. While incontinence of stool is not frequent, passing gas from the rectum involuntarily may happen as often as 26% of the time in some groups of women after delivery.

What about vaginal opening looseness or pelvic prolapse after delivery?

This is a common concern that both women and their partners have about delivery. Unfortunately there is almost no data concerning to what degree the vaginal opening is significantly loosened on a permanent basis. Similarly there is a lack of studies determining how many women develop pelvic organ prolapse after delivery. No one even knows if episiotomy and repair results in less long term vaginal gaping.

Most investigators agree that postpartum perineal muscle strengthening exercises such as Kegel exercises, will help restore perineal tone. They have even been shown to decrease the incidence of urinary incontinence but they need to be carried on for at least several months.

Source(s):

http://www.wdxcyber.com/npreg14.htm (5th question down)

Answer 11

yes kegals can help.


actually no most women dont poop, but it can happen.