Surgery question for Dr. Q or Dr. Eva

August 20, 2008

I am going to be having surgery here in the near future to correct a bladder issue resulting from pregnancy/birth.

Basically, the procedure is where they go in through a 2 cm incision in the vagina and put a sort of mesh thing around the top of the urethra near the neck of the bladder to give it support where the muscles USED to do so...

I forgot to ask the doctor two questions, and instead of bothering him, I thought I'd check and see if YOU knew the answers:

1. Will I have any restrictions on lifting?

2. How long will sex be restricted?

August 21, 2008

bump for the dr's

August 21, 2008

BUMP again! :) Hopefully this doesn't get lost again!

August 22, 2008

Hi Meghan...hoping you get your reply soon...a friend of mine had a similar thing done and I think she was old not to over do things for like a wk or 2 Im not totally sure....

Will be praying the surgery goes well...

August 22, 2008

Sorry it took me a while to answer your question. Yes, you will probably not be able to lift anything heavier than 5 lbs for 4-6 wks and you won't feel like having intercourse for 2 wks. Good luck!!

August 23, 2008

Oh my gosh.. I've got a 13 lb newborn! I have no idea how thats going to work.. my dh works really long hours.. how'm I going to have that surgery done?

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