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ozagnes
Australia
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 Posted - 10/16/2012 : 00:38:50
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Hi all,
It has been a while since i have been on this forum because i gave birth!!! A beautiful and healthy baby boy :)
I had a c-section because i did not want to add the stress and fear of a natural birth since i have pudendal neuralgia/VVS, although i know that natural birth really should not improve or worsen my condition even if that is exactly what ob/gyn are saying...
Now, for those suffering fron chronic pelvic pain, here are some interesting facts about my pregnancy that really make no sense if one was to beleive the medical theories of nerve entrapment/inflammation:
- while putting on 13kgs and therefore clearly adding pressure on my pelvis, particularly sitting, the pain did not get worse! If my nerve was entrapped, how could it not be worse?
- my hormone levels clearly have been up and down, but not my pain, so again, it is not a problem of oestrogen (an ob/gyn had told me that pregnancy often improved the pain momentarily because oestrogen levels rise)
- pregnancy hormones help losen ligaments and muscles, but my pain did not improve during pregnancy, so if my pelvic muscles are tight and sore, it is not just physiological.
My take on this: my pain is caused by tight muscles and blood restriction due to psychological tension that even the most drastic physical changes will not affect.
Oh, and surprise surprise, the pain is barely noticeable since i gave birth, which i think is due to my mind being busy with my new bub rather than focussing on my own emotional pain...although i still have big issues with my mother!
And just the fact of saying "i have improved" brings on the fear that it will all get bad again...damn conditioning and fear!!!
So i hope this will give some reassurance to others on this forum that have been "diagnosed" with pudendal neuralgia or other forms of chronic pelvic pain.
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Joy_I_Am
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/16/2012 : 03:19:41
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Ozagnes, CONGRATULATIONS on your wonderful news! A hearty and loving welcome to the world for your new little guy!
I hope this also heralds a step forward in your TMS journey. You seem so full of wisdom and love and sensitivity, I am sure you are going to be a great Mum, and find so much healing and fulfillment in that role, doing it your own way.
Thinking of you, all very bests, Joy |
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mchan
USA
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Posted - 10/16/2012 : 09:32:59
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| Congrats on your new baby! I have had 2 as well with c-section while suffering with IC, a bladder disease..chronic pelvic pain. I do know some women that pregnancy took away there pain, but I did not have any relief. I noticed in the hospital my pain was gone the 4 days I was in after having the baby, I wondered if it was the strong pain meds though for the c-section or the fact that my body was busy with the new pain of my c-section. |
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sjkovac
USA
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Posted - 07/12/2013 : 12:41:42
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HI Ozagnes -- I would love to hear more about your situation. I have been diagnosed with pelvic pain and pudendal nerve damage after my daughter was born. I am thinking about getting pregnant again, but am terrified that the pain will be worse afterwards and am even considering a c-section this time, although I don't think it will affect the pain. I am confused if it's TMS or pudendal nerve issue for real. Can you please share more of your story? I'm sure you must be very busy with your baby!
Thank you though in advance. |
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ozagnes
Australia
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Posted - 09/16/2013 : 21:16:41
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Hi all,
I haven't checked on this website for a while, but I just celebrated my son's first birthday :))
In regards to the pain, it did come back, I think after the birth my mind was so overwhelmed with other things that there was no room for pain, hehe.
But the pain is not that bad, I mean it has decreased a lot when I found out about TMS, and now it has reached a plateau. I have seen a TMS doctor for a year, he's great, doing EMDR, hypnosis etc to resolve my childhood trauma, which he thinks is the origin of my pain.
But it is a long process and so it is frustrating sometimes. I forget about the pain, and then it comes back, I convince myself not to worry and not the doubt, eventually the pain decreases, until the next time. I am sure most of you can relate.
sjkovac, one thing I can tell you is that the pregnancy did not affect my pain, no increase, no decrease, which does not go with the medical theory on VVS or pudendal neuralgia.
I was diagnosed with PN but the diagnosis itself does not mean anything because it is an exclusion diagnosis (they can't find anything else so it must be that). I had a pudendal nerve block, which was positive (removed the pain), so here you go, they said the problem is the nerve. Now if you block the nerve, of course you won't feel pain in the tissues that are connected to the nerve, it does not prove that it is the nerve and not the tissues (muscles etc).
One thing they did is a doppler of the pudendal artery, if that was abnormal (blood flow restriction in the artery), chances are that the nerve that runs just next to it would also be compressed. But it was normal, so inconclusive...
Anyhow, I don't think I have PN, despite having been diagnosed with it. Every different specialist came with a different diagnosis in my story, from IC to VVS to PN ...
I think I have muscle tension/blood flow restriction due to psychological tension from childhood trauma as well as later trauma and conditioning, particularly seeing those specialists that came with worse and worse diagnosis and terrible prognosis.
But I still had a C-section, simply because my muscles and my mind are not relax yet, so I thought avoiding extra pressure (physical and psychological) would be wise.
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