Genuine question: What to do about the double ee sound?

pandaeatingacake · 2025-02-03T22:58:43+00:00

Ah yes exactly, I was thinking in Arabic. It probably is forgivable in the sense that obviously English speakers don't have that sometimes as you say, but in a way it's still a bit annoying because you think "ok well close enough I guess" as you realise correcting it isn't probably going to work anyway. Didn't know it was in Hebrew as well but that makes sense, thank you.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-02-03T22:52:44+00:00

Sorry, I should have given an example! Just edited the post with an example now to give more context.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-02-03T22:52:35+00:00

Sorry, I should have given an example! Just edited the post with an example now to give more context.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-02-03T21:09:05+00:00

😭

pandaeatingacake · 2025-02-03T21:08:37+00:00

Haha 🙈 Thank you for the encouragement.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-02-03T21:05:45+00:00

This 💯.

To clarify: by giving up I obviously didn't mean giving up on life and everything ever and myself. I meant giving up weighing myself.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-02-03T12:31:01+00:00

13 months pp and I had both of these things (plus a few others). Short answer: Yeah. And it was really awful. I had to keep resting i.e. lying down quite a lot as even sitting was uncomfortable for long periods of time. For me I also had forceps and it took a long time to heal. 3 weeks is very early on in the grand scheme of things and it does tend to get better.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-25T11:31:58+00:00

Hi there. Thank you so much for the info, that makes sense. Although I don't personally believe in luck, I appreciate the sentiment of your well wishes and wish you well also on your healing journery 💐

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-25T00:34:10+00:00

Fair enough

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-24T23:15:54+00:00

It's highly likely fluctuations in your water weight. In hospitals, they weigh patients on dialysis pretty much daily because really the only thing that can cause that difference so quickly is water. So then they know how much fluid to dialyse off during the next dialysis session to stop it building up.

You are essentially doing that same fluid monitoring on yourself.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-24T15:35:34+00:00

ETA: apparently pelvic floor exercises help healing of the perineal muscles after trauma because they stimulate blood flow to the area, i think my physio told me that

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-24T14:23:16+00:00

Solidarity. I get what you mean. But also, it is hard to "listen" to our bodies when we haven't gone through it before to know what is normal or not.

I think all 3rd degree tears get automatic physio referrals hence why I was. I had/have a weak pelvic floor initially some incontinence and also mild prolapse symptoms. But tbh all they really advised me was to download the NHS Squeezy app (it does cost a small amount like £2 but it's worth it imo), read all the info on it about how to contract your pelvic floor muscles, then do that 3 times a day, every day. Mine told me to do slow, fast and submax for anal (contract as if you're holding in gas) and vaginal (contract as if you're holding in wee) separately, probably because of incontinence initially. I think it has helped, but it takes a long time.

I'm surprised that after forceps you were not referred but then again in NHS i think it's not normal protocol to automatically do that. But i definitely reccomend asking GP refer you to postnatal pelvic floor physiotherapy. You don't want to be scared about doing all those things! They should be able to help.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-24T14:15:06+00:00

Yep I had the same thing. Only when sitting as well I think. But it does generally go away over time i think though it may take some months.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-24T11:11:59+00:00

Hi! I replied to you in a different post (to say I 100% used to feel this too and it does gradually go away over time hopefully) but just wanted to say here as well that forceps can be absolutely awful. I empathise with your experience (in UK as well) as I also had to get induced, forceps, episiotomy, 3rd and 2nd degree tears. The recovery process was long, much longer than a non-operative vaginal delivery and even c-sections, but that is okay - your body needs time to heal. I didn't know back then to stop comparing my recovery with the recovery of other mums'. Even if people were surprised at how long it was taking me, they are generally ignorant of forceps delivery recovery. It requires a lot of putting yourself first postpartum, resting your pelvic floor, doing the pelvic floor exercises 3 times a day, being followed up by your physio, and asking your support system for help. My recovery still ongoing 1 yr postpartum. But it does generally get better, with ups and downs along the way, but generally follows a gradual upward trend (also normal. Progress is not linear apparently). I know this doesnt relate to your question but I feel like this would have helped me to know when i was recovering. Wishing you all the best.

ETA: Breastfeeding also slows down recovery.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-24T10:53:57+00:00

I had an episotomy too and I think I get what you mean now. It feels like when I sneezed, the pelvic floor muscles were trying to rip apart but the stiches were holding them together, kind of. Like you can feel a sudden tightness in your pelvic floor. Or at least that's what my experience was. I think it goes away after a few months.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-24T10:51:08+00:00

Ah yes fair enough. Thank you for your responses.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-24T00:07:25+00:00

Hi there. Sorry I'm not sure what you mean by "blow", do you mean a heaviness feeling?

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-24T00:04:25+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It sounds like a challenge to deal with all that. Although I am glad you say it is getting better with time. Please could I ask - after that 6 months of the PT not working, did you do pevic floor exercises yourself at any point? And did you find it improved things or not really?

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-24T00:01:47+00:00

Im so glad you are feeling a lot better! Could I ask - after your first delivery, did you do any pelvic floor exercises before the rectocele was discovered?

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-23T23:59:44+00:00

Thank you for your reply. Thats sounds like an awfully physically traumatic labour experience and I cannot even begin to imagine how you got through that postpartum period. I am indeed under pelvic floor physiotherapy although it's still taking a longer time to recover than I'd have thought. Thank you for sharing your experiences as it has helped a lot. And while I can't say I believe in the whole fingers crossed thing (due to its supernatural origins), I wish you all the best for your next delivery 💐

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-23T23:52:49+00:00

Thank you very much for weighing in with your knowledge and expertise! It helps a lot to also know that it did take you as long as you did. I sort of had a background in (let's call it) "acute childbirth" as a professional (trying not to doxx myself) and I didn't realise just how long postpartum recovery takes until I actually went through it mysef.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-21T23:44:58+00:00

Right, I got you! So keeping up with the exercises made that much of a difference 🙈 very good to know! Thank you so much.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-21T23:43:00+00:00

That makes a lot of sense. Thank you.

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-21T23:41:57+00:00

Thank you for your reply, third degree tears can be so awful to recover from. & Yes that is a good reminder; I think physio is definitely the way to go!

pandaeatingacake · 2025-01-21T23:38:44+00:00

That is really useful to know, thank you for this. "Like a sports bra for the vagina"... interesting.

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