Yvonne Wolny, MD, FACOG (closed)

All right , I’m a 23 year old mother of 1! Yes it only took one child to wreck my vagina ha. Well I gave birth in 2016 to a beautiful 7.2 pound baby. After a while I started to notice how big my friend had gotten down there. And I thought at the time ( my ignorance ) that everything would go back to normal with just keggel exercises. Yeah, doesn’t really work that way. As the time past by I felt way way lose. Especially while having sex with my partner of 7 years. What use to take 2 or 3 minuets for him to orgasm it turned into 30 or sometimes he just wouldn’t. That’s ..really a big blow to my self esteem. So I decided to consult with a doctor near me, Dr. wolny! She was super informative, took her time with me and she was really nice. Gave it to me straight and she gained my trust. Now I plan to go back to her and have her be the one to preform my surgery! I’m nervous but I’d rather go from not feeling pleasure in intercouse to hopefully being virgin tight haha.

Updated on 13 Dec 2018:
So I had finally made enough money to pay for the the whole surgery and I went for it. I had many consultations with my doctor before going for surgery. She informed me what I had to do prior before the date.

Listen ladies what they don’t tell you here is that you basically have to be in a liquid diet for 2 weeks , quit smoking if you do, and a day before surgery take a bunch of laxatives. Let me tell you I was weak and shitting all day on Thursday. The toilet was my home. Next was the day of the surgery !! I had to be there 2 hours before , so I had no sleep because of the many stops at the bathrooms lol. I was immediately put in a room to get me ready and let me tell ya , the staff was nice everything was fine. All my questions were answered and of I needed anything they would accommodate me. When they put the iv I thought it was going to hurt like a [RS bleep] because it’s freaking long and thick the needle , but I had an amazing nurse that knew what she was doing. So it felt like a pinch. Now I waited for basically 2 hours before my doctor came in with her assistant to explain what would be happening. And all i remember from that is somebody putting me the anesthesia and pushing my bed to surgery and boom I wake up. I don’t feel 2 hours and 17 minuets pass by at all haha. After that basically it was a fight between me and my vagina. I needed to pee in order to be released to the hospital. Bruh ...let me tell you I drank and drank so much water , my nurse walked me around and nothing. I tried really hard! I was even asking god to help me pee , but alas I knew I need a leg bag. What kinda bothered me Is that I wanted it already , but the nurse insisted that I should try to see if I could pee. Which lasted basically hours..and at the end I left home with the leg bag.

Now let me explain what I haven’t read in this website yet....nobody told me the recovery would this super fucken painful haha. I mean the first day was just trying not to puke and emptying outback my bag. The second I thought I was going to die, there was no position I could put my self in that would alleviate the pain. I was on my knees and thrashing my head around in my bed. Not even the pain killers helped, I cried my self to sleep. And same went for the third day! I was getting off my bed and hunching like I wasn’t in labor. And truth be told , I would rather have gone through birth than this. And my 4th day I had went with my doctor to see if she can remove my bag , she did but I explained to her how bad I was feeling and that If she could give me really strong painkillers. And let me tell you this woman was a angel sent from god haha , she injected me anesthesia in all the sections that hurt me , gave me some real good medications. And I have been surviving in the things she has given me.

The only thing that sucks right now is that I have to pee standing up and I still can’t really walk. I also forgot to mention I have a bunch of hemorrhoids cause of the surgery. But that was logical to happen. I’m prone to them. So yeah I’m on day 6 and I’m doing alright.

From day 1, Dr. Wolny did what many do not: she listened. She heard my concerns and assured me of the steps I was taking. My surgery and recovery were seamless, with incredible results. I got my life back!

Wonderful! Dr Wolney is extraordinary and truly cares about her patients. Extremely caring and compassionate. She answered all my questions, explained the procedure, and made me feel very comfortable throughout the procedure. Her staff is caring, efficient, and helpful. I only wish I had my vaginoplasty done 20 yrs ago. She has amazing skills and takes the extra time to do whatever is needed. I highly recommend Dr Wolney for anyone considering vaginoplasty. I am a nurse and was very impressed with her bedside manner and concern for my comfort. Thank you, Dr Wolney!

As you can see from the price and the list I'm getting a lot done! It's actually two procedures. Tomorrow I'm having a vaginoplasty/perineoplasty with a geynecological surgeon . In two and a half weeks I'll have a modified tummy tuck, umbilical hernia repair and muscle tightening, flank lipo and breast lift/augmentation with a cosmetic surgeon. I think I'm like a lot of people who came here thinking about getting some implants to make my breasts perkier as a 40th birthday present. Then I learned about tummy tucks and diastasis recti and understood why I look six months pregnant when I plank and why I can get every muscle but my abs strong and toned. Then I learned about vaginoplasty and realized I don't have a perineum any more and that it's possible that I could one day do a jumping jack without peeing myself. It's a huge amount of money and feels like a big indulgence. But it also feels so right. I could take or leave the breast lift, which as the original reason I came. Now I feel like I need to literally put myself back together. I'm healthy and active and don't see why I would want to spend the rest of my life with back pain and a weak core and with and dysfunctional pelvic region.Updated on 14 Jul 2017: I'm hope from my vaginoplasty/perineoplasty, which was done about six hours ago. I was under general, which I feared but went fine. I woke up groggy and in quite a bit of pain. My main complaint is that everyone who helped me: first nurse, dr.s, residents, anesthesiologist and anesthesiology nurse were so warm, caring and friendly. The nurse who took "care" of me after the procedure wanted to go home and really didn't care about me or my wellbeing. Nurse: "How are you?" Me: "I'm in a lot of pain". Nurse: "Well you just had surgery. You're on a lot of pain meds". Me thinking: ("Huh, I had two unmedicated child births, I'm very active and have a high pain tolerance. But apparently the wrong answer to "How are you doing?" is, "I'm in pain.") Say: "Can I please have an ice pack?". She brought me two sodas and my avocado (I'm Celiac so can't have crackers, brought my own healthy snack). Lovely Dr. Wolny comes in and leans me back until I'm comfortable. So much better. Say she's sorry about the pain and reminds goes out to hall to make sure my pain pill is coming. She tells me to relax and take a nap. Lowers they light. Nurse comes back in, says, "Why's it so dark in here. Here, I'll prop you up so you can see the tv better". Me, groggy, "No, I want to lean back more so I'm not on my incision." Nurse: "Well you have to sit up so I can release you." Then adds, annoyed, "I called your friend but she's still at work". I say, "I really don't feel like going anywhere, I think it's fine if I'm here another half an hour or so." Nurse says , once you're done with your drinks we'll see if you can pee. You have to pee before I release you. First attempt didn't work. Drank more water. Second time, Nurse: "You have to pee before I release you. If you can't go you'll have to get a catheter.". Lovely. I get that we all have bad days, all have Friday night plans/daycare other issues sometimes. But this experience just made me appreciate how hard good nurses and doctors work to take CARE of people. I'm so independent, have worked so hard all my life, I just never ask for help When someone is generous and caring at those times Ido need it, it means the world and makes me really respect someone as a professional. Needless to say, wasn't thinking that today. But I'm feeling good. I have more aching inside than anything, nothing on the incision site. But honestly I like the feeling in a weird way because it already makes me feel stronger. It's so nice to know that I'm normal =).Updated on 14 Jul 2017: Forgot to include that when I was prepping my bathroom last night for recovery, had Tucks pads, maxi pads, all the post-childbirth stuff but then I realized I had no peri bottle to clean myself going to the bathroom. At the hospital the nurse told me to "just dab it" with paper, but I have to think a peri bottle of warm water is much better. So I had my friend pick one up for me. I also think when I have a BM it will be good to do a few sprays toward the back, just to make sure the site is super clean.Updated on 15 Jul 2017: Last night I was up every hour peeing. I was still so swollen that no a lot cold come out and I couldn't effectively push the pee out. About 4 in the morning the swelling had gone down enough to go much more freely. But I had a lot of IV fluids to clear. Now I have the other problem. Diarrhea. Dr. Wolny is very precautions about preventing straining during bms. I'm wondering if the antibiotics and stool softeners are too much. Will try lowering stool softener dose. Really no pain but I'm taking vicadin and ibuprofen like clock work. Also I think all the bathroom breaks have been good because I've been walking and icing every hour.Updated on 16 Jul 2017: I woke this morning feeling good. A little achy but really didn't need the Vicodin. I decided to stay on it through the end of the day though, because it keeps me resting. Hoping for one more day of napping, icing, recovering. Then tomorrow I am going to go narc free and try to work a half day from home. My boys have been with my ex over the weekend. Trying to decide how to explain the donut pillow. My older son is prone to anxiety so I made no mention before the procedure that I was going in. I think I'll tell them that I hurt my leg and the doctors have helped me but I have to be careful and use a special pillow. Problem is my boys are so sweet, they'll want to see the owie and put a bandaid on it. Lol That ain't gonna happen!Updated on 17 Jul 2017: I'm off narcotics and feeling good. I own my own business and can work from home so today I started early and it's going well. I have a pattern where I work for 25 minutes and then get up, ice (I can't find a way to sit on ice that's comfortable), walk around. Then back. After about two hours I took a nap, then back at it. Spent some time reclining on the couch. This position is good because I can ice while I sit but it really starts to wear on my lower back/tailbone. Now I'm trying standing. I haven't had a ton of appetite but I make sure I'm eating really nutrient dense foods frequently, even if just a few bites. I have stayed on a keto diet and it actually is great for recovery. If you can only have a few bites, I think an avocado is better than a saltine. I made a batch of keto swedish meatballs and they were the only thing that could really make me HUNGRY but I tried to hold back and balance it with lots of green beans. Do NOT want any kind of back up in the digestive system.Updated on 1 Aug 2017: I was supposed to have a tummy tuck and breast lift this week but about nine days post op I was really tired and when I told my cosmetic surgeon, booked to do tummy and breasts, that I bled a lot in surgery, he tested my hemoglobin. It had dropped from 13.6 to 10.1, so that explained the fatigue. I was really anemic. A few days on iron and I feel amazing. Really at two weeks, my pain was gone and I felt normal. I looked at my incision for the first time today and it's gorgeous. I do have some incisions poking out on the inside. I have to go to in tomorrow to get the stitches removed or cut so they stop poking me.

She's the best one in Chicago area. I had my vaginoplasty yesterday I'm really pleased my end result. I'm 32 years old, 2 kids. My first baby was 11.7 lb. And my husband told me he can't feel anything down there, hurt my feeling really bad. I was searching good doctor in Realself gladly I found her

I am a long time patient of Dr Wolny. She is a great specialist and I really appreciate her knowledge and advice! One day I decided to do Pellevé treatment at her office and I absolutely love it. It helped my tired skin it's old tightness and fresh look.

I'm 5'2 and 115 lbs. 1st vag delivery was to a healthy 7lb baby, no problem. 15 months later my 2nd delivery was to a 9.9 lb baby where he was stuck for 3 hours in hard labor resulting in 4th degree posterior tears. Awful! I suffered fecal incontinence and would pass gas uncontrollably for the 1st 6 months post delivery. Symptoms improved but never went away. Then, 10 years later, I delivered my 3rd and final baby. He weighed 8.5 lbs and I suffered an anterior tear. The stitches tore resulting in my labia splitting and coming completely unattached- it was just skin hanging down, so gross. When my husband and I resumed intercourse my sensation was lessened to say the least. Before babies my orgasms were so strong and I thoroughly delighted in sex! Post babies I could barely feel my orgasms. My husband finally admitted 'I lost my grippers' after intercourse where he lost his erection. After a few times of intercourse where he would lose his erection because all tightness was gone no matter what position I tried - I decided to have surgery. My OBGYN assured me everything would go back together and referred me to a Physical Therapist specializing in the pelvic floor. He said it's just a part of being a mom. I'm so glad I accept this and went for a 2nd opinion. I found Dr. Wolny on this site and during my 1st consultation with her she immediately recognized the problem! As she explained, my muscles were either unattached or so stretched resulting in a V shaped vaginal opening. My vaginal opening was too close to my rectum opening. She explained she would correct this via perinoplasty, correct my hanging labia via labiaplasty and tighten my vaginal canal to 1-2 fingers via vagioplasty. I've been complaining to 2 OBGYN's for years and they kept telling me everything is normal because I've had kids. Dr. Wolny impressed me she immediately identified the problem and mapped out a surgical plan. She even gave me a backup plan in case this doesn't work to our expectations that would include laser treatments. I was at the point where I didn't care how mutilated I looked down there- I just wanted to be functional again so I booked the surgery that day! 2 weeks later I did it! It was supposed to be 2 hours but Dr. Wolny found extensive damage taking her 3 hrs to correct. I'm on day 7 of recovery and oh boy it's been a ride!! The swelling is so bad I've had a catheter placed. It will possibly remain for another week. I was expecting a ton of pain and burning but that has not been the case. It's more pressure and discomfort. The 1st few days I laid down on my sides all day everyday. I went to the ER because I thought my bowel was coming out but turns out it was just severe swelling. Dr. Wolny gave me her personal cell number and we talked/text frequently. She was super concerned for me and my health and I felt assured I was in good hands having her in my corner! She reached out to me each day until I assured her I was on the mend. She is truly a patient advocate! I will see her tomorrow for my 1 week follow up. I expect at the very least an eight week recovery. I am in no rush because it's top priority for me to heal correctly. Before this, I couldn't tolerate gore and I had a phobia of catheters. After this I no longer squirm at the site of wounds healing and have accepted catheters as my best friend :)

Updated on 5 Nov 2016:
Swelling has reduced but I have a lot more healing ahead of me. I was able to have my Foley catheter removed after 6 days. I would rate my pain/discomfort a 2 on a 1-10 scale.

Updated on 13 Nov 2016:
Swelling is still there. I began using estrogen cream on my labia minora to help with the swelling. I'm excited to see I now have spacing between my vagina and rectum! Those areas had practically morphed into 1 due to my failed episiotomy from my 2nd vaginal delivery. A significant quality of life improvement post op is I no longer constipate! I have DAILY bowel movements now :) No more hard uncomfortable stools. I'm still pretty unsightly due to the swelling but I can see where I will be very satisfied once I heal.

Updated on 7 Jan 2017:
Due to the swelling the stitches on my labia didn't hold so I'll go back sometime in the future to have it fixed. Not a big deal at all. I begin physical therapy for my pelvic floor to compliment the magnificent job Dr. Wolny did! My husband and I are very pleased with everything

Today I had my surgery ???? the surgery went well and per my doctor's resident, I was tight again like I'm 13 ....this made me chuckle after surgery lol. I was in a lot of pain following the surgery. I was given pain meds in my IV which then made me nauseous. My nurse gave another med through the IV to combat the nauseous. I thought my recovery wouldn't be long as my surgery started at 8am.....however, I wasn't feeling well enough to leave hospital until around 3 or 4. I also had to urinate before I could be discharged and that took awhile. I was prescribed Norco(pain med) and Colace (stool softener). I have light bleeding which is surprising because I thought it would be heavy but it has lightened up progressively during the day. The pain right now is hovering at 5/6 out of 10....it drops to about a 3/4 after I take meds. The pain is throbbing and can be felt from my clitoris (sorry for TMI) through the anus. Impossible right now to sit on my bottom even with a pillow for now. I am laying on one side or the other for relief. I am nervous on what to eat as I don't want to get constipated since the anus hurts already and I don't want to strain. I haven't eaten solid food since Sunday per surgery instructions. I took laxatives to clear the system pre surgery. I was on a liquid diet all Monday so I haven't had to bm yet. Once the pain really starts to recede, then I can think about if it worked. I am
hopeful it did ????

Updated on 30 Oct 2015:
I finally had sex for the first time about a week ago and it was good! Not to be graphic literally every stroke was felt :-) I'm happy it was worth it

I drove from St. Louis to Chicago to see Dr. Wolny. Her office was professional but what I have to question is her level of care & competency. I had been having pain in my abdomen & some other associated issues with pain & laxity in the same area I experienced sexual assault a few years earlier. If there be a Devil advocate & doctor she be it! This women goes on to tell me I dont think you were sexually assaulted! I could not believe the insensitivity and sheer disregard for my concerns. Her adding insult to injury as if I have something to gain from lying about being assaulted. That makes me think, Are you really here for my best interest & repair? Or to get paid? I asked her questions about whether or not I would still have muscle function afterwards and she looked at me with the most unsettling look and said I dont know.... I couldn't believe it but she answered all my questions about financing with sheer confidence. I truly believe this is how women end up with complications & undesirable results when doctors are there for their own interest. I couldn't believe this is how I was handled about my delicate situation & vagina. She was so insensitive & oblivious you would not have thought her to be a Doctor with Vagina But a typical man with no empathy..Be ware!