Pessary Fittings

We specialize in offering pessary fittings for the Thousand Oaks community and Conejo Valley.

We provide comprehensive prolapse and incontinence care.

Pessaries are a non-surgical option for managing pelvic heaviness, prolapse, and incontinence.

And when paired with pelvic therapy, this can be the secret sauce to alleviating your symptoms without having surgery.

Pessaries are for women with pelvic organ prolapse or stress urinary incontinence. Symptoms pessaries can help with:

  • Vaginal heaviness

  • Feeling like something is falling out of your vagina

  • Peeing with high-impact activity, such as running

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You don’t have to have surgery to resolve your pelvic heaviness and leaky bladder. A Pessary can help!

A pessary that works well will immediately resolve your heaviness and/or bladder symptoms.

The pessary should not hurt and you shouldn’t be able to feel it once inserted. For most pessaries, you can insert and remove the pessary yourself, giving you the freedom to choose when you use it.

Using a pessary is a conservative option if you are looking to avoid surgery for prolapse.

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What pessaries do

Pessaries support the vaginal walls and uterus and are successful in reducing prolapse symptoms in 66-75% of women who try to use one. Pessaries also support the bladder neck and can help with stress urinary incontinence. Pessaries do not fix/repair pelvic organ prolapse or stress incontinence.

Just like wearing a bra doesn’t give you a permanent breast lift, a pessary is a device that holds the tissues in place, but for most people only works when the pessary is in the correct place.

Appointment Information

  • Initial Appointment

    The initial appointment is one hour long.

    Your history will be is taken, GH and PB are measured, pelvic floor strength is measured, vaginal wall laxity is assessed and pessary is fit.

    We will make sure you can bear down, squat, lunge, run, and urinate with the pessary in place. 

    Come with bladder partially full-we need to make sure the pessary is not obstructing the urethra. 

  • Follow-Up Appointments

    Follow up appointments for pessaries are REQUIRED. 

    It is recommended to have a follow up appointment at 1-2 weeks after using your pessary to ensure it is working well for you and to check for vaginal tissue irritation.

    Follow ups after that stage are after 3 months, 6 months and then every 6-12 months depending on the types of pessary that you have.

    If you cannot keep these appointments it is not recommended that you use a pessary.