Jacqui Lambie has spoken out about vaginal prolapse. What is it – and how common is it?

The chief executive of national women’s health nonprofit Jean Hailes, Dr Sarah White, said mockery of a health condition like vaginal prolapse was “absolutely not OK”.

Vaginal prolapse is a form of pelvic organ prolapse, when the bladder, uterus or bowel protrudes into the vagina.

So this sort of stigmatising, ridiculing of someone’s health condition is just ghastly,” White said.

Anything that puts pressure on the pelvic floor muscles can cause a prolapse, but pregnancy and birth are the most common causes.