Ask any 10 doctors what to do if the uterus prolapses and 9.7 of them will tell you 'Hysterectomy!' This is wrong. If you have uterine prolapse you need the prolapsed fixed, not the uterus cut out. There are absolutely bona fide reasons to remove a uterus. It's a good therapy for women with non-cancerous tumors that don't respond to nonsurgical alternatives or those with constant vaginal bleeding from adenomyosis. And it's the only option in cases of cervical, uterine, or ovarian cancer. But for some bizarre reason, uterine prolapse remains engraved on the list of must-do hysterectomy rules. This is ridiculous and wrong. You don't have to take out the uterus when it falls. You can lift it up. It's a really simple concept. If you went to your doctor with a torn ligament in your knee, he's not going to remove your knee cap just because it's in the way of the ligament that needs fixing. The uterus is no different. It makes no sense to lop it off just because the ligaments that hold it in place gave way. Either way, uterus in or out, your surgeon must fix those ligaments. So here's my candid advice: If your surgeon tells you there is no way to fix your prolapse without taking the uterus out, or doesn't seem to understand that the LIGAMENTS are the problem, RUN, do not walk, to a second opinion.