labia varicose

If you are suffering from labial varicosities, search online for a product called the v2 supporter. You can get it for $40 (free shipping) from drugstore.com.

I have this problem too. I had pain during my first pregnancy and it got worse with eacy pregnancy. I have five children and am now 37. It got to the point where after my 4th child (I think it was about then) that I always have really ache pain and heaviness during my period just like during pregnancy.

I have a sister in-law with lots of vericose vein problems in the legs and pelvic area. After a lot of searching she found an "interventional radiologist". They do ultrasound of your pelivic area to find the problems and they can do coil embolization where thy block of the veins and fix all the problem areas. I found an article on mayo clinic today about varicocele in men, and they called the coil embolization procedure Percutaneous embolization.

I had ultrasound a couple of weeks ago on myself and have the same problem as her. They said my insurance does not cover the procedures....but if I was a man....they would. In men it is called varicocele, and affects the testicles area. Duh...women have veins in their pelvis too! Anyway, I do not want surgery. I would much rather have them go through my veins to shut down the areas than to have me cut open or rip things out like they used to do in the legs.

I do have leg vein problems...but the nurse who works for interventional radiologist said that most likely, with treatment of the pelvic problems, the leg problems would go away.

Pregnancy definitely makes the problem of swollen veins worse. With my 5th pregnancy I could see and feel swollen veins on each of my inner thights near my groin, which had never been there in my other pregnancies.

They can't do the procedure while pregnant. They recommend doing it between pregnancies if you are still having children.

I think enough women don't know about this (and men). My OB/GYN didn't think I had a problem with my first 2 children. I had pain, but since he didn't see anything obvious or terrible....not a problem. He told me if I had vulvar varicose veins I would know it. Well, mine don't look terrible, but I have awful pain. I can't imagine how much worse it is for someone who has really swollen veins worse than me on the vulva. I'm seriously wanting to go onto Oprah during Dr Oz to let people and doctors know there are vein problems that hurt...even if you can't SEE it!...and let them know what kinds of doctors to look for, for help. Obviously my OB/GYN didn't know anything. Even during my 5th pregnancy and different OB/GYN...they couldn't offer much help or info. Rx compression stockings do not help the crotch area and are impossible to get on with a belly in the way.

I used the V2 support metioned by someone else and it helped a bit, but not a lot. Getting off my feet was the best. Even sitting down is hard when you are in pain with vulvar veins. Also, you can have back pain from the vein pain in the pelvis...which I didn't know until my questionaire at the dr's office for the ultrasound of my pelvic veins.

hi everyone,

It's a big help to read that I have similar situations from other women.I also have some varicose veins on my right vulva and somewhere in the anus.I am living in Europe and my OB-gyne said I should better go caesarian section because I might bleed during the delivery which I don't really wanted to happen but I thought if it's the only way,then I should...any idea about this?

I have the same problem- labial vericose veins. I'm 8 months pregnant with my second child- never had this problem with my first one!
My doctor recommended soaking a 'Heavy' pad in water and then freezing it in a ziplock. I use this at night when the pain is worst for me.

It's cold, but helps!!!

Guest wrote:

I have the same problem- labial vericose veins. I'm 8 months pregnant with my second child- never had this problem with my first one! My doctor recommended soaking a 'Heavy' pad in water and then freezing it in a ziplock. I use this at night when the pain is worst for me. It's cold, but helps!!!

So I'm glad to hear that works but do they have a surgery that would help you not have to deal with varicose veins? I am trying to figure out if that would be a fix. Do they have that sort of surgerY?