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Prevention
By Mayo Clinic staffUterine prolapse may not be something you can prevent. However, you may be able to decrease your risk of uterine prolapse if you:
- Maintain a healthy weight. By keeping or getting your weight under control, you may decrease your risk of uterine prolapse.
- Practice Kegel exercises. Because pregnancy and childbirth can weaken pelvic floor muscles and connective tissue, your doctor may recommend Kegel exercises — special exercises in which you repeatedly squeeze and relax the muscles of your pelvic floor — during pregnancy and afterward. To perform these exercises, tighten your pelvic muscles as if you're stopping your stream of urine. Hold for a count of five, relax and repeat. Do these exercises several times a day.
- Control coughing. Treat a chronic cough or bronchitis, and don't smoke.
