# So, My Bladder's Falling Out (possibly TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860 "2009-10-15T02:17:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/61 "2009-10-17T01:46:22Z")
Ya know, some people get their boobs done… and some get new twats. Ain’t no thing. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/62 "2009-10-17T01:47:47Z")
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**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/63 "2009-10-17T11:09:43Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > People don’t tell you these things when you’re young. How many of us would even have children if we were warned that our insides could fall out because of them? I’m young (24) and I’m being told about this thanks to you! This is another marble in the nun jar. Good luck with your bladder. ---
**Author:** ![Godinama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@Godinama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godinama)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/64 "2009-10-17T11:37:47Z")
Watching the Governator carry and, eventually, birth a child made me think that it would be kinda cool to be a woman. Needless to say, that feeling didn’t last upon entering the thread ☹ ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/65 "2009-10-17T13:18:43Z")
> [@Chicken\_Fingers](#): > > **This thread is like the scariest Halloween story ever.** I know! I unsubscribed because I was so freaked out…but I still keep coming back. Not to make light of your situation, **Alice**. I’m sorry you’re going through it. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/66 "2009-10-17T16:20:12Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > For some reason, I thought a pessary ring was inserted by the doctor, and possibly it’s stitched in? That might be old school… I thought a pessary was a small furry pig. Oh, no, wait, that’s a _peccary_… This thread is so gross and awesome at the same time. How do I nominate for threadspotting? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/67 "2009-10-17T21:10:42Z")
The creepiest part is that my MIL goes _sans granny panties._ She just cruises around in her muu-muu with _The Alien_ swingin’ in the breeze. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/68 "2009-10-17T21:15:52Z")
You just better hope that she doesn’t get Alzheimer’s and start thinking it’s her baby. That could get ugly. Now I understand why there’s mom jeans. They hold all your stuff in, and that’s why mine fell out- because I don’t wear them. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/69 "2009-10-17T21:35:22Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > The creepiest part is that my MIL goes _sans granny panties._ She just cruises around in her muu-muu with _The Alien_ swingin’ in the breeze. Can… can you _see_ it when you ring her doorbell and walk in her house? I mean, like if she asked me in for tea? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/70 "2009-10-17T22:20:02Z")
Yeah. I’m picturing it swinging between her legs on a long cord. Is that the case? ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/71 "2009-10-17T23:04:29Z")
**Kalhoun** ’s MIL is a wallking advertisement for TMI. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/72 "2009-10-18T00:39:50Z")
Wow, someone else started a thread about this! Hooray! (No, seriously, I was mortified when it happened to me.) And wow, someone remembered my prolapse thread well enough to link it here. Whoo hoo, kinda. Hey, if you feel young to be dealing with this at 41, my bladder popped through when I was **33**. Now, it’s not as severe as it was, even though I’m 6 1/2 months pregnant. That added pressure of baby/uterus weight does give me hemorrhoids, though (oof), so sometimes it does indeed feel like my rectum wants to turn itself inside-out. My situation, two years after my thread on it, is more or less unchanged. I opted not to get the cystocele repaired as I knew I wasn’t done having children. In the past two years, it’s usually not noticeable, though always present. No pain, no leakage, no discomfort–just a painless bulge usually only felt on the inside. My OB and a certified midwife agreed–wait until I was done having children, as both delivery and just the pressure of a growing uterus can undo the repair. So, I wait. I’m having a C-section partly to protect my back as I’ve had two back surgeries since I gave birth, and partly because I fear somehow turning myself inside-out during the pushing process. :::shudder::: My OB assures me that while the prolapse would be worse, I would not be giving birth to my bladder. Still, ick. Pass. I’ll get it repaired as soon as the doc feels I can after Baby Boy 2.0 is delivered. I’m sorry you have to deal with this. It’s embarrassing and uncomfortable, and makes you feel 92 years old. But I’m with you girl! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/73 "2009-10-18T02:39:56Z")
Right. I haven’t and don’t foresee giving birth, but I think I will start kegeling _right now_ and continue for, oh, the rest of my life except when I’m asleep. :eek: And seriously, good luck with this. It sounds horrid. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/74 "2009-10-18T02:50:04Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Yeah. I’m picturing it swinging between her legs on a long cord. Is that the case? And if so, does she have cats? Because mine would LOVE that. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/75 "2009-10-18T05:12:31Z")
I am still freaked out at the idea that organs can just _fall out of your vagina_. :eek: _Googles “how to do kegel exercises” immediately_ That said, it’s a good thing that it’s actually fixable. Good luck with your surgery! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/76 "2009-10-18T06:34:56Z")
I cannot get over the aunt whose innards fell out while playing golf (now there’s a good walk spoiled!). What on earth did women do in the old days before surgery was an option? Not just in the early awful stages like you, Alice, but what about the hole-in-one-on-the-golf-course stage? ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_Jewett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bcef8e/32.png) [@Helen\_Jewett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_Jewett)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/77 "2009-10-18T09:17:37Z")
Well, I can tell you what the Greeks did, but probably no one wants to know. ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/78 "2009-10-18T12:26:11Z")
> [@Helen\_Jewett](#): > > Well, I can tell you what the Greeks did, but probably no one wants to know. Go on, what did the Greeks do?? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/79 "2009-10-18T13:10:35Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > My aunt’s fell out last year while she was golfing. Did she get a mulligan or just take a one stroke penalty? ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_Jewett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bcef8e/32.png) [@Helen\_Jewett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_Jewett)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860/80 "2009-10-18T13:58:16Z")
> [@Hokkaido\_Brit](#): > > Go on, what did the Greeks do?? Well.. apparently, for a uterine prolapse, they would cut off the whole organ, or as much of it as was protruding. For other types of prolapses, I think they used pessaries. Unfortunately I don’t recall much detail about the process (or maybe that should be “fortunately”) as I kept coming across information about this while I was doing research on Egyptian medicine for my thesis this summer. But I seem to recall that in most ancient cultures the process was either to cut off the protruding uterus, or stuff everything back up there as best they could and hope for the best. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-bladders-falling-out-possibly-tmi/513860.md?page=5)