Hello. I am 34 weeks pregnant and have something like tissue protruding from my vagina. I have been to my doctor, who says it is not a prolapse, or a varicose vein, but just hormones causing the vaginal wall to swell and protrude. He says it may get larger during the next six weeks, and when I am pushing in the second stage, he would expect it to protrude further, but that it is not a cause for concern - the midwife should just push it in again! I am scheduled to have a home birth. Do you think I should change my plans now, or is this, as my doctor seems to think, an uncomplicated issue?
Hi, Thanks for the query. I understood your concern.  After 7th month of pregnancy, preparations for delivery start in mothers body. One of them being increased mucus discharge from vagina... this is to facilitate / lubricate fetal head while childbirth.  For this vaginal mucus membrane cells get enlarged / sort of swell. & some part of such enlarged mucus membrane may protrude out of vagina.  After delivery, as the complete mothers body gets to normal . The mucus membrane also regresses back to normal shape.  So, please don't worry. After examining you, your doctor has excluded prolapse or curiosities. So you should believe him.  Only need is to maintain vaginal hygiene/ do not try to pull/ prick or cut the protrusion.  Thanks.